Psalmorum 41

1 Psalmus David, in finem. Beatus vir qui intelligit super egenum, et pauperem: in die mala liberabit eum Dominus.

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

2 Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra: et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius.

Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

3 Dominus opem ferat illi super lectum doloris eius: universum stratum eius versasti in infirmitate eius.

Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness.

4 Ego dixi: Domine miserere mei: sana animam meam, quia peccavi tibi.

As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

5 Inimici mei dixerunt mala mihi: Quando morietur, et peribit nomen eius?

Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?

6 Et si ingrediebatur ut videret, vana loquebatur, cor eius congregavit iniquitatem sibi. Egrediebatur foras, et loquebatur

And if one come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].

7 in idipsum. Adversum me susurrabant omnes inimici mei: adversum me cogitabant mala mihi.

All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.

8 Verbum iniquum constituerunt adversum me: Numquid qui dormit non adiiciet ut resurgat?

A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more.

9 Etenim homo pacis meae, in quo speravi: qui edebat panes meos, magnificavit super me supplantationem.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.

10 Tu autem Domine miserere mei, et resuscita me: et retribuam eis.

But thou, Jehovah, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

11 In hoc cognovi quoniam voluisti me: quoniam non gaudebit inimicus meus super me.

By this I know that thou delightest in me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

12 Me autem propter innocentiam suscepisti: et confirmasti me in conspectu tuo in aeternum.

But as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

13 Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel a saeculo, et usque in saeculum: fiat, fiat.

Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity! Amen, and Amen.