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.
Yahweh is pleased with those people who help to provide for the poor; he will rescue those people when they have troubles.
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.
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.
3 Yahweh will support him on the bed of suffering; you will make his bed of sickness into a bed of healing.
When they are sick, Yahweh strengthens them, and he heals them.
4 I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
[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.”
5 My enemies speak evil against me, saying, 'When will he die and his name perish?'
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).”
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.
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.
7 All who hate me whisper together against me; against me they hope for my hurt.
All those who hate me whisper to others about me, and they hope/desire that very bad things will happen to 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 say, “He will soon die because of his being sick; he will never get up from his bed [before he dies].”
9 Indeed, even my own close friend, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Even my best friend, whom I trusted very much, who [often] ate with me, has (betrayed me/put me into my enemies’ hands) [IDM].
10 But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me and raise me up so that I may pay them back.
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).
11 By this I know that you delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
[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.
12 As for me, you support me in my integrity and will keep me before your face forever.
[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.
13 May Yahweh, the God of Israel be praised from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship]; Praise him forever! Amen! I desire that it will be so!
