תהילים 41

1 למנצח מזמור לדוד ב אשרי משכיל אל-דל ביום רעה ימלטהו יהוה

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 יהוה ישמרהו ויחיהו--יאשר (ואשר) בארץ ואל-תתנהו בנפש איביו

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 יהוה--יסעדנו על-ערש דוי כל-משכבו הפכת בחליו

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

4 אני-אמרתי יהוה חנני רפאה נפשי כי-חטאתי לך

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

5 אויבי--יאמרו רע לי מתי ימות ואבד שמו

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

6 ואם-בא לראות שוא ידבר--לבו יקבץ-און לו יצא לחוץ ידבר

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 יחד--עלי יתלחשו כל-שנאי עלי--יחשבו רעה לי

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

8 דבר-בליעל יצוק בו ואשר שכב לא-יוסיף לקום

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

9 גם-איש שלומי אשר-בטחתי בו-- אוכל לחמי הגדיל עלי עקב

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

10 ואתה יהוה חנני והקימני ואשלמה להם

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

11 בזאת ידעתי כי-חפצת בי כי לא-יריע איבי עלי

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

12 ואני--בתמי תמכת בי ותציבני לפניך לעולם

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

13 ברוך יהוה אלהי ישראל--מהעולם ועד העולם אמן ואמן

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