Psalms 41

1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

2 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.

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed on the earth: and you will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

3 Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

The LORD will strengthen him on the bed of languishing: you will make all his bed in his sickness.

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

I said, LORD, be merciful to me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against you.

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

My enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

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

And if he come to see me, he speaks vanity: his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes abroad, he tells it.

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

All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

8 “An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”

An evil disease, say they, sticks fast to him: and now that he lies he shall rise up no more.

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

Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

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

But you, O LORD, be merciful to me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

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

By this I know that you favor me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.

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

And as for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me before your face for ever.

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

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