Psalm 41
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
1 Blessed
is he who considers
the poor.
The LORD will deliver
him in the day
of evil.
2 The
LORD will preserve
him, and keep
him alive.
He shall
be blessed on
the earth,
and he will
not surrender him
to the will
of his enemies.
3 The
LORD will sustain
him on his sickbed,
and restore him
from his bed
of illness.
4 I said, “LORD, have mercy on
me!
Heal me, for
I have sinned
against you.”
5 My enemies
speak evil against me:
“When will he die,
and his name perish?”
6 If he comes
to see me,
he speaks falsehood.
His heart gathers iniquity
to itself.
When he goes abroad,
he tells it.
7 All
who hate me whisper
together against
me.
They imagine the worst
for me.
8 “An
evil disease”, they say, “has
afflicted him.
Now that he lies
he shall rise up
no more.”
9 Yes, my own
familiar friend, in whom I trusted,
who ate bread with
me,
has lifted up
his heel against
me.
10 But
you, LORD,
have mercy on me,
and raise me up,
that I may repay
them.
11 By
this I know that
you delight in me,
because my enemy doesn’t triumph
over me.
12 As
for me, you uphold
me in my integrity,
and set me in
your presence forever.
13 Blessed be
the LORD, the God
of Israel,
from everlasting
and to everlasting!
Amen and amen.