The Psalms

Psalm 41

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

 ^41:1Blessed is he that considereth the poor:

 Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

 ^41:2Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive,

 And he shall be blessed upon the earth;

 And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.

 ^41:3Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing:

 Thou makest all his bed in his sickness.

 ^41:4I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me:

 Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

 ^41:5Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying,

 When will he die, and his name perish?

 ^41:6And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood;

 His heart gathereth iniquity to itself:

 When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

 ^41:7All that hate me whisper together against me;

 Against me do they devise my hurt.

 ^41:8An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him;

 And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

 ^41:9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,

 Who did eat of my bread,

 Hath lifted up his heel against me.

 ^41:10But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up,

 That I may requite them.

 ^41:11By this I know that thou delightest in me,

 Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

 ^41:12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity,

 And settest me before thy face for ever.

  ^41:13Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel,

 From everlasting and to everlasting.

 Amen, and Amen.

Book II