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:

TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. O the blessedness of him Who is acting wisely to the poor, In a day of evil YHWH delivers him.

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!

YHWH preserves him and revives him, He is blessed in the land, And You do not give him into the will of his enemies.

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

YHWH supports [him] on a bed of sickness, You have turned his bed in his weakness.

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

I said, “O YHWH, favor me, Heal my soul, for I sinned against You,”

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

My enemies say evil of me: When he dies—his name has perished!

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—he speaks vanity, His heart gathers iniquity to itself, He goes out—at the street he speaks.

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

All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to 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 worthless thing is poured out on him, And because he lay down he does not rise 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!

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

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

And You, YHWH, favor me, And cause me to rise, And I give repayment to 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 have known, That You have delighted in me, Because my enemy does not shout 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.

As for me, in my integrity, You have taken hold on me, And cause me to stand before You for all time.

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 [is] YHWH, God of Israel, From age to age. Amen and Amen.