Psalms 41

1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. O the blessedness of him Who is acting wisely to the poor, In a day of evil YHWH delivers him.

Yahweh is pleased with those people who help to provide for the poor; he will rescue those people when they have troubles.

2 YHWH preserves him and revives him, He is blessed in the land, And You do not give him into the will of his enemies.

Yahweh protects them and allows them to live [for a long time]. He enables them to be happy in the land [of Israel], and rescues them from their enemies.

3 YHWH supports [him] on a bed of sickness, You have turned his bed in his weakness.

When they are sick, Yahweh strengthens them, and he heals them.

4 I said, “O YHWH, favor me, Heal my soul, for I sinned against You,”

[When I was sick], I said, “Yahweh, be merciful to me and heal me; [I know that I am sick because] I have sinned against you.”

5 My enemies say evil of me: When he dies—his name has perished!

My enemies say cruel things about me; they say, “How soon will he die, and then everyone will forget about him [MTY]? (OR, he will not have [any descendants to continue] his name).”

6 And if he came to see—he speaks vanity, His heart gathers iniquity to itself, He goes out—at the street he speaks.

When my enemies come to me, they falsely say that they [are concerned about me]. They listen to bad news about (me/my health). Then they go away and tell everywhere what is happening to me.

7 All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:

All those who hate me whisper to others about me, and they hope/desire that very bad things will happen to me.

8 A worthless thing is poured out on him, And because he lay down he does not rise again.

They say, “He will soon die because of his being sick; he will never get up from his bed [before he dies].”

9 Even my ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, Made the heel great against me,

Even my best friend, whom I trusted very much, who [often] ate with me, has (betrayed me/put me into my enemies’ hands) [IDM].

10 And You, YHWH, favor me, And cause me to rise, And I give repayment to them.

But Yahweh, be merciful to me, and enable me to become healthy [again]. When you do that, I will be able to (pay back my enemies/get revenge on my enemies/cause my enemies to suffer like they caused me to suffer).

11 By this I have known, That You have delighted in me, Because my enemy does not shout over me.

[If you enable me to] do that, with the result that my enemies do not defeat me, I will know that you are pleased with me.

12 As for me, in my integrity, You have taken hold on me, And cause me to stand before You for all time.

[I will know that] it is because I have done what is right that you have helped me, and [I will know that] you will let me be with you forever.

13 Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, From age to age. Amen and Amen.

Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship]; Praise him forever! Amen! I desire that it will be so!