Psalms 41

1 To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver 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 Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into 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 Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.

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

4 I — I said, 'O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'

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

5 Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth — his name hath perished!

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

6 And if he came to see — vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out — at the street he speaketh.

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 hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:

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

8 A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.

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

9 Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,

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

10 And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.

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

11 By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.

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

12 As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.

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

13 Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age — and unto the age. Amen and Amen.

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