Salme 41

1 (Til sangmesteren. En salme af David.) Salig den Mand, der tager sig af de svage, ham frelser HERREN på Ulykkens Dag;

[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] Blessed is he who considers the poor and needy. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

2 HERREN vogter ham, holder ham i Live, det går ham vel i Landet, han giver ham ikke i Fjendevold.

The LORD will protect 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 På Sottesengen står HERREN ham bi, hans Smertensleje gør du ham let.

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

4 Så siger jeg da: Vær mig nådig, HERRE, helbred min Sjæl, jeg har syndet mod dig!

I said, "LORD, have mercy on me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you."

5 Mine Fjender ønsker mig ondt: "Hvornår mon han dør og hans Navn udslettes?"

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

6 Kommer en i Besøg, så fører han hyklerisk Tale, hans Hjerte samler på ondt, og så går han bort og taler derom.

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

7 Mine Avindsmænd hvisker sammen imod mig, alle regner de med, at det går mig ilde:

All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

8 "En dødelig Sot har grebet ham; han ligger der - kommer aldrig op!"

"A wicked thing is poured out on him; and he who lies down will not rise again."

9 Endog min Ven, som jeg stolede på, som spiste mit Brød, har løftet Hælen imod mig.

Even my own close friend, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

10 Men du, o HERRE, vær mig nådig og rejs mig, så jeg kan øve Gengæld imod dem.

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

11 Deraf kan jeg kende, at du har mig kær, at min Fjende ikke skal juble over mig.

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

12 Du holder mig oppe i Kraft af min Uskyld, lader mig stå for dit Åsyn til evig Tid.

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

13 Lovet være HERREN, Israels Gud, fra Evighed og til Evighed, Amen, Amen!

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