Psalmorum 41
1 in finem psalmus David beatus qui intellegit super egenum et pauperem in die mala liberabit eum Dominus
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh 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
Yahweh will preserve 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 Dominus opem ferat illi super lectum doloris eius universum stratum eius versasti in infirmitate eius
Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
4 ego dixi Domine miserere mei sana animam meam quoniam peccavi tibi
I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
5 inimici mei dixerunt mala mihi quando morietur et peribit nomen eius
My enemies speak evil against 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
If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
7 in id ipsum adversum me susurrabant omnes inimici mei adversus me cogitabant mala mihi
All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
8 verbum iniquum constituerunt adversus me numquid qui dormit non adiciet ut resurgat
“An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”
9 etenim homo pacis meae in quo speravi qui edebat panes meos magnificavit super me subplantationem
Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
10 tu autem Domine miserere mei et resuscita me et retribuam eis
But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
11 in hoc cognovi quoniam voluisti me quoniam non gaudebit inimicus meus super me
By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.
12 me autem propter innocentiam suscepisti et confirmasti me in conspectu tuo in aeternum
As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
13 benedictus Dominus Deus Israhel a saeculo et in saeculum fiat fiat
Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.
