Psalms 41

1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

1To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

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.

2Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.

3Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his sickness.

3Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.

4I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me: Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

4I--I said, `O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'

5Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying, When will he die, and his name perish?

5Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth--his name hath perished!

6And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

6And if he came to see--vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out--at the street he speaketh.

7All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.

7All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:

8An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

8A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.

9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.

9Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,

10But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.

10And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.

11By this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

11By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.

12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.

12As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.

13 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

13Blessed <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age--and unto the age. Amen and Amen.