Psalmorum 41
1 in finem psalmus David beatus qui intellegit 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 eius
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 eius universum stratum eius versasti in infirmitate eius
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 quoniam 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 eius
Mine enemies, speak ill of me, When will he die, and his name perish?
6 et si ingrediebatur ut videret vane loquebatur cor eius 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 id ipsum adversum me susurrabant omnes inimici mei adversus 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 adversus me numquid qui dormit non adiciet 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 meae in quo speravi qui edebat panes meos magnificavit super me subplantationem
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 aeternum
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 Israhel a saeculo et in saeculum 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!
