Psalms 41

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” Happy is he who hath regard to the poor! The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

2 May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And may he not hand him over to the will of his adversaries.

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; He shall be happy on the earth; Thou wilt not give him up to the will of his enemies!

3 May the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire covering.

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of disease; All his bed thou wilt change in his sickness.

4 I said, “O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.”

I said, O LORD! be merciful to me! Heal me, for I have sinned against thee!

5 My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish?

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

6 And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way.

If one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth malice; When he goeth abroad, he uttereth it.

7 All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.

All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise mischief:

8 They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again?

“A deadly disease cleaveth fast unto him; He lieth down, and he shall never arise!”

9 For even the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, who ate my bread, has greatly supplanted me.

Yea, my familiar friend in whom I trusted, who did eat of my bread, —He hath lifted up his heel against me.

10 But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again. And I will requite them.

But do thou, O LORD! have pity upon me; Raise me up, that I may requite them!

11 By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me.

By this I know that thou favorest me, Because my enemy doth not triumph over me.

12 But you have sustained me, because of my innocence, and you have confirmed me in your sight in eternity.

As for me, thou wilt uphold me in my integrity; Thou wilt set me before thy face for ever!

13 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen.

[Praised be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. Amen! Amen!]