Psalms 41

1 Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. O the blessedness of him Who is acting wisely to the poor, In a day of evil YHWH delivers him.

2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and you will not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

YHWH preserves him and revives him, He is blessed in the land, And You do not give him into the will of his enemies.

3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: you will make all his bed in his sickness.

YHWH supports [him] on a bed of sickness, You have turned his bed in his weakness.

4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against you.

I said, “O YHWH, favor me, Heal my soul, for I sinned against You,”

5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

My enemies say evil of me: When he dies—his name has perished!

6 And if he comes to see me, he speaks vanity: his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes abroad, he tells it.

And if he came to see—he speaks vanity, His heart gathers iniquity to itself, He goes out—at the street he speaks.

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

All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:

8 An evil disease, say they, cleaves fast unto him: and now that he lies he shall rise up no more.

A worthless thing is poured out on him, And because he lay down he does not rise again.

9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

Even my ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, Made the heel great against me,

10 But you, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

And You, YHWH, favor me, And cause me to rise, And I give repayment to them.

11 By this I know that you favour me, because mine enemy does not triumph over me.

By this I have known, That You have delighted in me, Because my enemy does not shout over me.

12 And as for me, you uphold me in mine integrity, and set me before your face for ever.

As for me, in my integrity, You have taken hold on me, And cause me to stand before You for all time.

13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, From age to age. Amen and Amen.