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.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the time of trouble.

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.

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

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

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make 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, LORD, be merciful to me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

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

My enemies speak evil of me, 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 cometh to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].

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

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

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

An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast to him: and [now] that he lieth he shall rise no more.

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

Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, hath 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 thou, O LORD, be merciful to me, and raise me up, that I may 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 thou favorest me, because my enemy doth not triumph over me.

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

And as for me, thou upholdest me in my integrity, and settest me before thy face 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. Amen, and amen.