Psalms 41

1 For the end, a Psalm of David. Blessed [is the man] who thinks, on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.

大衛的詩，交與伶長。 眷顧貧窮的有福了！ 他遭難的日子，耶和華必搭救他。

2 May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy.

耶和華必保全他，使他存活； 他必在地上享福。 求你不要把他交給仇敵，遂其所願。

3 May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; you have made all his bed in his sickness.

他病重在榻，耶和華必扶持他； 他在病中，你必給他鋪床。

4 I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against you.

我曾說：耶和華啊，求你憐恤我，醫治我！ 因為我得罪了你。

5 Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, [saying], When shall he die, and his name perish?

我的仇敵用惡言議論我說： 他幾時死，他的名才滅亡呢？

6 And if he came to see [me], his heart spoke vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like manner.

他來看我就說假話； 他心存奸惡，走到外邊才說出來。

7 All my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt.

一切恨我的，都交頭接耳地議論我； 他們設計要害我。

8 They denounced a wicked word against me, [saying], Now that he lies, shall he not rise up again?

他們說：有怪病貼在他身上； 他已躺臥，必不能再起來。

9 For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, lifted up [his] heel against me.

連我知己的朋友， 我所倚靠、吃過我飯的也用腳踢我。

10 But you, O Lord, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite them.

耶和華啊，求你憐恤我， 使我起來，好報復他們！

11 By this I know that you have delighted in me, because mine enemy shall not rejoice over me.

因我的仇敵不得向我誇勝， 我從此便知道你喜愛我。

12 But you did help me because of [mine] innocence, and have established me before you for ever.

你因我純正就扶持我， 使我永遠站在你的面前。

13 Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. So be it, so be it.

耶和華－以色列的上帝是應當稱頌的， 從亙古直到永遠。阿們！阿們！