Salmos 41

1 Al maestro de coro. Salmo de David. Dichoso el que sabe comprender al débil y al pobre; en el día aciago Yahvé lo pone a salvo.

To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David. How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh deliver him:

2 Yahvé cuida de él y lo hace vivir, lo hace próspero sobre la tierra, y no lo entrega a la voluntad de sus enemigos.

Yahweh, will preserve him and keep him alive, And he shall be pronounced happy in the land, Do not then give him up at the desire of his enemies!

3 Yahvé lo conforta en el lecho del dolor, y calma sus padecimientos durante toda su enfermedad.

Yahweh, will sustain him upon the bed of sickness, All his couch, hast thou transformed in his disease.

4 Yo por mi parte digo: “Apiádate de mí, Yahvé, sana mi alma porque pequé contra Ti.”

I, said—O Yahweh, show me favour, heal thou my soul, for I have sinned against thee:

5 Mis enemigos hablan de mí con maldad (diciendo): “¿Cuándo morirá y perecerá su nombre?”

Mine enemies, speak ill of me, When will he die, and his name perish?

6 Y el que viene a visitarme habla con falsía; en su interior hace provisión de maledicencia, y entonces sale afuera y la desparrama.

And, if he have come to see me, Falsehood, doth he speak, His own heart, gathereth iniquity to itself, he goeth forth, abroad he telleth it.

7 Todos los que me odian se juntan para murmurar contra mí; imaginan de mí lo peor:

Together—against me, do all who hate me whisper among themselves, Against me, devise they hurt for me.

8 “Le ha sobrevenido una peste maligna; se acostó y no volverá a levantarse.”

An infliction of the Abandoned One hath been fixed upon him, and, now that he hath lien down, he will not again rise.

9 Hasta mi amigo, de quien me fiaba, que comía mi pan, ha alzado contra mí su calcañar.

Even the man whom I used to salute, in whom I put confidence, who used to eat my bread, —hath magnified his heel against me!

10 Mas Tú, Yahvé, apiádate de mí; levántame para que les retribuya.

But, thou, O Yahweh, show me favour and raise me up, That I may repay them.

11 En esto conoceré que me amas, si el que me odia no se huelga a costa mía,

Hereby, do I know that thou delightest in me, In that mine enemy shall not raise a shout over me.

12 y me sustentas en mi integridad, conservándome en tu presencia para siempre.

But, as for me, In my blamelessness, hast thou held me fast, And hast caused me to stand before thee unto times age-abiding.

13 ¡Bendito sea Yahvé, Dios de Israel, desde la eternidad y por la eternidad! Amén, Amén.

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From the age that is past, even unto the age yet to come: Amen and Amen!