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Psalms 41
[1]
Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
[2] Yahweh 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.
[3] Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed,
and restore him from his bed of illness.
[4] I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me!
Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
[5] My enemies speak evil against me:
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
[6] If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood.
His heart gathers iniquity to itself.
When he goes abroad, he tells it.
[7] All who hate me whisper together against me.
They imagine the worst for me.
[8] “An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him.
Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”
[9] Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,
who ate bread with me,
has lifted up his heel against me. [10] But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up,
that I may repay them.
[11] By this I know that you delight in me,
because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.
[12] As for me, you uphold me in my integrity,
and set me in your presence forever. [13] Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
from everlasting and to everlasting!
Amen and amen.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Blessed is he who considers the poor.Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
[2] Yahweh 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.
[3] Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed,
and restore him from his bed of illness.
[4] I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me!
Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
[5] My enemies speak evil against me:
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
[6] If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood.
His heart gathers iniquity to itself.
When he goes abroad, he tells it.
[7] All who hate me whisper together against me.
They imagine the worst for me.
[8] “An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him.
Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”
[9] Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,
who ate bread with me,
has lifted up his heel against me. [10] But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up,
that I may repay them.
[11] By this I know that you delight in me,
because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.
[12] As for me, you uphold me in my integrity,
and set me in your presence forever. [13] Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
from everlasting and to everlasting!
Amen and amen.