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.

“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” Happy is he who hath regard to the poor! The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

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 happy on the earth; Thou wilt not give him up to the will of his enemies!

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

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of disease; All his bed thou wilt change in his sickness.

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

I said, O LORD! be merciful to me! Heal me, 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.

If one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth malice; When he goeth abroad, he uttereth it.

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

All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise mischief:

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

“A deadly disease cleaveth fast unto him; He lieth down, and he shall never arise!”

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

Yea, my familiar friend in whom I trusted, who did eat of my bread, —He 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 do thou, O LORD! have pity upon me; Raise me up, that I may requite them!

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

By this I know that thou favorest me, Because my enemy doth not triumph over me.

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

As for me, thou wilt uphold me in my integrity; Thou wilt set me before thy face for ever!

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

[Praised be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. Amen! Amen!]