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 Overseer. — A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah 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.

Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.

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

Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.

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

I — I said, 'O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'

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

Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth — his name hath perished!

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 came to see — vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out — at the street he speaketh.

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

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

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

A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.

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

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

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

And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.

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

By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.

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

As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.

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

Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age — and unto the age. Amen and Amen.