Psalms 41

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Yhwh will deliver him in time of trouble.

2 May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And may he not hand him over to the will of his adversaries.

Yhwh will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

3 May the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire covering.

Yhwh will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt restore him from his bed of sickness.

4 I said, “O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.”

I said, Yhwh, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

5 My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish?

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

6 And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way.

And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

7 All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.

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

8 They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again?

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

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

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

10 But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again. And I will requite them.

But thou, O Yhwh, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

11 By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me.

By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

12 But you have sustained me, because of my innocence, and you have confirmed me in your sight in eternity.

And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

13 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen.

Blessed be Yhwh God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.