Psalmorum 41
1 In finem. Psalmus ipsi David. Beatus qui intelligit super egenum et pauperem: in die mala liberabit eum Dominus.
To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David. How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh deliver him:
2 Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum ejus.
Yahweh, will preserve him and keep him alive, And he shall be pronounced happy in the land, Do not then give him up at the desire of his enemies!
3 Dominus opem ferat illi super lectum doloris ejus; universum stratum ejus versasti in infirmitate ejus.
Yahweh, will sustain him upon the bed of sickness, All his couch, hast thou transformed in his disease.
4 Ego dixi: Domine, miserere mei; sana animam meam, quia peccavi tibi.
I, said—O Yahweh, show me favour, heal thou my soul, for I have sinned against thee:
5 Inimici mei dixerunt mala mihi: Quando morietur, et peribit nomen ejus?
Mine enemies, speak ill of me, When will he die, and his name perish?
6 Et si ingrediebatur ut videret, vana loquebatur; cor ejus congregavit iniquitatem sibi. Egrediebatur foras et loquebatur.
And, if he have come to see me, Falsehood, doth he speak, His own heart, gathereth iniquity to itself, he goeth forth, abroad he telleth it.
7 In idipsum adversum me susurrabant omnes inimici mei; adversum me cogitabant mala mihi.
Together—against me, do all who hate me whisper among themselves, Against me, devise they hurt for me.
8 Verbum iniquum constituerunt adversum me: Numquid qui dormit non adjiciet ut resurgat?
An infliction of the Abandoned One hath been fixed upon him, and, now that he hath lien down, he will not again rise.
9 Etenim homo pacis meæ in quo speravi, qui edebat panes meos, magnificavit super me supplantationem.
Even the man whom I used to salute, in whom I put confidence, who used to eat my bread, —hath magnified his heel against me!
10 Tu autem, Domine, miserere mei, et resuscita me; et retribuam eis.
But, thou, O Yahweh, show me favour and raise me up, That I may repay them.
11 In hoc cognovi quoniam voluisti me, quoniam non gaudebit inimicus meus super me.
Hereby, do I know that thou delightest in me, In that mine enemy shall not raise a shout over me.
12 Me autem propter innocentiam suscepisti; et confirmasti me in conspectu tuo in æternum.
But, as for me, In my blamelessness, hast thou held me fast, And hast caused me to stand before thee unto times age-abiding.
13 Benedictus Dominus Deus Israël a sæculo et usque in sæculum. Fiat, fiat.
Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From the age that is past, even unto the age yet to come: Amen and Amen!
