Psalms 41
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
| למנצח מזמור לדוד ב אשרי משכיל אל-דל ביום רעה ימלטהו יהוה |
2 Yahweh 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.
| יהוה ישמרהו ויחיהו--יאשר (ואשר) בארץ ואל-תתנהו בנפש איביו |
3 Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
| יהוה--יסעדנו על-ערש דוי כל-משכבו הפכת בחליו |
4 I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
| אני-אמרתי יהוה חנני רפאה נפשי כי-חטאתי לך |
5 My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
| אויבי--יאמרו רע לי מתי ימות ואבד שמו |
6 If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
| ואם-בא לראות שוא ידבר--לבו יקבץ-און לו יצא לחוץ ידבר |
7 All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
| יחד--עלי יתלחשו כל-שנאי עלי--יחשבו רעה לי |
8 “An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”
| דבר-בליעל יצוק בו ואשר שכב לא-יוסיף לקום |
9 Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
| גם-איש שלומי אשר-בטחתי בו-- אוכל לחמי הגדיל עלי עקב |
10 But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
| ואתה יהוה חנני והקימני ואשלמה להם |
11 By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.
| בזאת ידעתי כי-חפצת בי כי לא-יריע איבי עלי |
12 As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
| ואני--בתמי תמכת בי ותציבני לפניך לעולם |
13 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.
| ברוך יהוה אלהי ישראל--מהעולם ועד העולם אמן ואמן |
