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 end, a Psalm of David. Blessed [is the man] who thinks, on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.

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!

May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy.

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

May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; you have made all his bed in his sickness.

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

I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against you.

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

Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, [saying], When shall he die, and his name perish?

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.

And if he came to see [me], his heart spoke vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like manner.

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

All my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt.

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

They denounced a wicked word against me, [saying], Now that he lies, shall he not rise up again?

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!

For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, 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, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite 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 have delighted in me, because mine enemy shall not rejoice 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.

But you did help me because of [mine] innocence, and have established me before you for ever.

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 God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. So be it, so be it.