Psalms 41

1 To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David. How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh deliver him:

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.

2 Yahweh, will preserve him and keep him alive, And he shall be pronounced happy in the land, Do not then give him up at the desire of his enemies!

The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.

3 Yahweh, will sustain him upon the bed of sickness, All his couch, hast thou transformed in his disease.

The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.

4 I, said—O Yahweh, show me favour, heal thou my soul, for I have sinned against thee:

I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”

5 Mine enemies, speak ill of me, When will he die, and his name perish?

My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”

6 And, if he have come to see me, Falsehood, doth he speak, His own heart, gathereth iniquity to itself, he goeth forth, abroad he telleth it.

My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.

7 Together—against me, do all who hate me whisper among themselves, Against me, devise they hurt for me.

All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:

8 An infliction of the Abandoned One hath been fixed upon him, and, now that he hath lien down, he will not again rise.

“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”

9 Even the man whom I used to salute, in whom I put confidence, who used to eat my bread, —hath magnified his heel against me!

Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

10 But, thou, O Yahweh, show me favour and raise me up, That I may repay them.

But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.

11 Hereby, do I know that thou delightest in me, In that mine enemy shall not raise a shout over me.

By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

12 But, as for me, In my blamelessness, hast thou held me fast, And hast caused me to stand before thee unto times age-abiding.

In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.

13 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From the age that is past, even unto the age yet to come: Amen and Amen!

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