Psalms 41

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

“To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” Happy is he that careth for the poor: on the day of evil will the Lord deliver him.

2 YHWH 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.

The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy on the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the revengeful desire of his enemies.

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

The Lord will sustain him upon the bed of painful disease: thou changest all his couch in his sickness.

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

I said, Lord, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

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

My enemies speak evil of 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 if he come to see [me], he speaketh falsely: his heart gathereth wickedness to itself; he goeth abroad [and] speaketh it.

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

Altogether whisper against me all that hate me: against me do they devise my injury.

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

“His godless deed [say they] is poured out over him: as he lieth there he will never more rise up again.”

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

Yea, even the man that should have sought my welfare, in whom I trusted, who eateth my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

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

But thou, O Lord, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite it unto them.

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

By this do I know that thou art pleased with me, that my enemy doth not triumph over me.

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

But as for me, thou upholdest me in my integrity, and placest me before thy presence for ever.

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

Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. BEGIM