Psalms 41

1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] Blessed is he who considers the poor and needy. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

2 The LORD will protect him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.

May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And may he not hand him over to the will of his adversaries.

3 The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

May the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire covering.

4 I said, "LORD, have mercy on me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you."

I said, “O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.”

5 My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"

My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish?

6 If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way.

7 All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.

8 "A wicked thing is poured out on him; and he who lies down will not rise again."

They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again?

9 Even my own close friend, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

For even the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, who ate my bread, has greatly supplanted me.

10 But you, LORD, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.

But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again. And I will requite them.

11 By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.

By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me.

12 As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

But you have sustained me, because of my innocence, and you have confirmed me in your sight in eternity.

13 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Amen and amen.

Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen.