Salmos 41

1 Al maestro de coro. Salmo de David. Dichoso el que sabe comprender al débil y al pobre; en el día aciago Yahvé lo pone a salvo.

Blessed is he who considers a poor man. Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

2 Yahvé cuida de él y lo hace vivir, lo hace próspero sobre la tierra, y no lo entrega a la voluntad de sus enemigos.

Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed upon the earth. And thou do not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

3 Yahvé lo conforta en el lecho del dolor, y calma sus padecimientos durante toda su enfermedad.

Jehovah will support him upon the bed of languishing. Thou will make all his bed in his sickness.

4 Yo por mi parte digo: “Apiádate de mí, Yahvé, sana mi alma porque pequé contra Ti.”

I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

5 Mis enemigos hablan de mí con maldad (diciendo): “¿Cuándo morirá y perecerá su nombre?”

My enemies speak evil against me, saying, When will he die, and his name perish?

6 Y el que viene a visitarme habla con falsía; en su interior hace provisión de maledicencia, y entonces sale afuera y la desparrama.

And if he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

7 Todos los que me odian se juntan para murmurar contra mí; imaginan de mí lo peor:

All who hate me whisper together against me. Against me they devise my hurt.

8 “Le ha sobrevenido una peste maligna; se acostó y no volverá a levantarse.”

An evil disease, they say, clings firm to him. And now that he lies he shall rise up no more.

9 Hasta mi amigo, de quien me fiaba, que comía mi pan, ha alzado contra mí su calcañar.

Yea, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

10 Mas Tú, Yahvé, apiádate de mí; levántame para que les retribuya.

But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up that I may requite them.

11 En esto conoceré que me amas, si el que me odia no se huelga a costa mía,

By this I know that thou delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.

12 y me sustentas en mi integridad, conservándome en tu presencia para siempre.

And as for me, thou uphold me in my integrity, and set me before thy face forever.

13 ¡Bendito sea Yahvé, Dios de Israel, desde la eternidad y por la eternidad! Amén, Amén.

Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Truly, and Truly.