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.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Blessed is he who considers the poor. The LORD 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.

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

The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

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

I said, “LORD, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

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

My enemies speak evil against me: “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.

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. They imagine the worst for me.

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

“An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. 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.

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

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

But you, LORD, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.

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

By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.

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

As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

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

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.