Psalms 41

1 For the chief musician. A psalm of David. Blessed is he who is concerned for the weak; in the day of trouble, Yahweh will rescue him.

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 will preserve him and keep him alive, and he will be blessed on the earth; Yahweh will not turn him over to the will of his 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 Yahweh will support him on the bed of suffering; you will make his bed of sickness into a bed of healing.

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

4 I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for 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 speak evil against me, saying, 'When will he die and his name perish?'

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

6 If my enemy comes to see me, he says worthless things; his heart gathers up my disaster for itself; when he goes away from me, he tells others about it.

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 who hate me whisper together against me; against me they hope for my hurt.

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

8 They say, “An evil disease holds on tightly to him; now that he is lying down, he will rise up no more.”

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

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

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

10 But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me and raise me up so that I may pay them back.

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

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

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

12 As for me, you support me in my integrity and will keep me before your face forever.

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

13 May Yahweh, the God of Israel be praised from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

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