The Psalms (WEB)

Psalm 41

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

 ^41:1Blessed is he who considers the poor:
      Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

 ^41:2Yahweh 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.

 ^41:3Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed,
      And restore him from his bed of illness.

 ^41:4I said, "Yahweh, have mercy on me.
      Heal me, for I have sinned against you."

 ^41:5My enemies speak evil against me:
      "When will he die, and his name perish?"

 ^41:6If he come to see me, he speaks falsehood.
      His heart gathers iniquity to itself.
      When he goes abroad, he tells it.

 ^41:7All who hate me whisper together against me.
      They imagine the worst for me.

 ^41:8"An evil disease," they say, "has afflicted him.
      Now that he lies he shall rise up no more."

 ^41:9Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,
      Who ate bread with me,
      Has lifted up his heel against me.

  ^41:10But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up,
      That I may repay them.

 ^41:11By this I know that you delight in me,
      Because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.

 ^41:12As for me, you uphold me in my integrity,
      And set me in your presence forever.

  ^41:13Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
      From everlasting and to everlasting!

 Amen and amen.

BOOK II

World English Bible