Psalms 41

1 Yahweh is pleased with those people who help to provide for the poor; he will rescue those people when they have troubles.

Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

2 Yahweh protects them and allows them to live [for a long time]. He enables them to be happy in the land [of Israel], and rescues them from their enemies.

May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And may he not hand him over to the will of his adversaries.

3 When they are sick, Yahweh strengthens them, and he heals them.

May the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire covering.

4 [When I was sick], I said, “Yahweh, be merciful to me and heal me; [I know that I am sick because] I have sinned against you.”

I said, “O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.”

5 My enemies say cruel things about me; they say, “How soon will he die, and then everyone will forget about him [MTY]? (OR, he will not have [any descendants to continue] his name).”

My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish?

6 When my enemies come to me, they falsely say that they [are concerned about me]. They listen to bad news about (me/my health). Then they go away and tell everywhere what is happening to me.

And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way.

7 All those who hate me whisper to others about me, and they hope/desire that very bad things will happen to me.

All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.

8 They say, “He will soon die because of his being sick; he will never get up from his bed [before he dies].”

They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again?

9 Even my best friend, whom I trusted very much, who [often] ate with me, has (betrayed me/put me into my enemies’ hands) [IDM].

For even the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, who ate my bread, has greatly supplanted me.

10 But Yahweh, be merciful to me, and enable me to become healthy [again]. When you do that, I will be able to (pay back my enemies/get revenge on my enemies/cause my enemies to suffer like they caused me to suffer).

But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again. And I will requite them.

11 [If you enable me to] do that, with the result that my enemies do not defeat me, I will know that you are pleased with me.

By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me.

12 [I will know that] it is because I have done what is right that you have helped me, and [I will know that] you will let me be with you forever.

But you have sustained me, because of my innocence, and you have confirmed me in your sight in eternity.

13 Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship]; Praise him forever! Amen! I desire that it will be so!

Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen.