| Psa. 41:1 |
Blessed is he who considers the poor; / In the day of evil Jehovah will deliver him. |
| Psa. 41:2 |
May Jehovah keep him and preserve him alive; / May he be blessed in the land; / And do not give him over to the will of his enemies. |
| Psa. 41:3 |
Jehovah will sustain him on [his] sickbed; / You make all his bed in his illness. |
| Psa. 41:4 |
I said, O Jehovah, be gracious to me; / Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You. |
| Psa. 41:5 |
My enemies speak evil against me: / When will he die and his name perish? |
| Psa. 41:6 |
And if he comes to see [me,] he speaks falsehood. / His heart gathers iniquity to itself; / When he goes out, he speaks [it.] |
| Psa. 41:7 |
All who hate me whisper together against me; / Against me they devise my misfortune. |
| Psa. 41:8 |
Some evil illness, [they say,] has been poured out on him; / And when he lies down, he will not rise again. |
| Psa. 41:9 |
Even my familiar friend, in whom I trusted, / Who ate my bread, has lifted [his] heel against me. |
| Psa. 41:10 |
But You, O Jehovah, be gracious to me and raise me up / That I may recompense them. |
| Psa. 41:11 |
By this I know that You delight in me, / That my enemy has not shouted in triumph over me. |
| Psa. 41:12 |
And as for me, You uphold me in my integrity, / And You set me in Your presence forever. |
| Psa. 41:13 |
Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, / From eternity to eternity. / Amen and Amen. |