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.

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

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.

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

3 Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.

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

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

I said, "LORD, have mercy on me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you."

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

My enemies speak evil 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.

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

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

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

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

"A wicked thing is poured out on him; and he who lies down will not rise again."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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