Psalms 41

1 To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

In finem. Psalmus ipsi David. [Beatus qui intelligit super egenum et pauperem: in die mala liberabit eum Dominus.

2 Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum ejus.

3 Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness.

Dominus opem ferat illi super lectum doloris ejus; universum stratum ejus versasti in infirmitate ejus.

4 As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

Ego dixi: Domine, miserere mei; sana animam meam, quia peccavi tibi.

5 Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?

Inimici mei dixerunt mala mihi: Quando morietur, et peribit nomen ejus?

6 And if one come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].

Et si ingrediebatur ut videret, vana loquebatur; cor ejus congregavit iniquitatem sibi. Egrediebatur foras et loquebatur.

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

In idipsum adversum me susurrabant omnes inimici mei; adversum me cogitabant mala mihi.

8 A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more.

Verbum iniquum constituerunt adversum me: Numquid qui dormit non adjiciet ut resurgat?

9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.

Etenim homo pacis meæ in quo speravi, qui edebat panes meos, magnificavit super me supplantationem.

10 But thou, Jehovah, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

Tu autem, Domine, miserere mei, et resuscita me; et retribuam eis.

11 By this I know that thou delightest in me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

In hoc cognovi quoniam voluisti me, quoniam non gaudebit inimicus meus super me.

12 But as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

Me autem propter innocentiam suscepisti; et confirmasti me in conspectu tuo in æternum.

13 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity! Amen, and Amen.

Benedictus Dominus Deus Israël a sæculo et usque in sæculum. Fiat, fiat.]