Psalms 41

1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Blessed is he who considers the poor. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

For victorie, the song of Dauid. Blessid is he that vndurstondith `on a nedi man and pore; the Lord schal delyuere hym in the yuel dai.

2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.

The Lord kepe hym, and quykene hym, and make hym blesful in the lond; and bitake not hym in to the wille of his enemyes.

3 The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

The Lord bere help to hym on the bed of his sorewe; thou hast ofte turned al his bed stre in his sijknesse.

4 I said, “LORD, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

I seide, Lord, haue thou mercy on me; heele thou my soule, for Y synnede ayens thee.

5 My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”

Myn enemyes seiden yuels to me; Whanne schal he die, and his name schal perische?

6 If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

And if he entride for to se, he spak veyn thingis; his herte gaderide wickidnesse to hym silf.

7 All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

He yede with out forth; and spak to the same thing. Alle myn enemyes bacbitiden pryuyli ayens me; ayens me thei thouyten yuels to me.

8 “An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”

Thei ordeineden an yuel word ayens me; Whether he that slepith, schal not leie to, that he rise ayen?

9 Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.

For whi the man of my pees, in whom Y hopide, he that eet my looues; made greet disseit on me.

10 But you, LORD, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.

But thou, Lord, haue merci on me, and reise me ayen; and Y schal yelde to hem.

11 By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.

In this thing Y knew, that thou woldist me; for myn enemye schal not haue ioye on me.

12 As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

Forsothe thou hast take me vp for ynnocence; and hast confermed me in thi siyt with outen ende.

13 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.

Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, fro the world and in to the world; be it doon, be it doon.