Psalms 41

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

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.

2 The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth: and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.

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.

3 The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.

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

4 I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

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

5 My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish?

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

6 And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.

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

7 All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils to me.

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

8 They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?

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

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

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

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

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

11 By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me: because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.

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

12 But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.

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

13 Blessed by the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.

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