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World English Bible

Psalm 41 (WEBP)

[1] 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.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 41 (KJVS)

[1] Blessed is he that considereth the poor: The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
[2] The Lord 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] The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: Thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
[4] I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
[5] Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
[6] 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 that hate me whisper together against me: Against me do they devise my hurt.
[8] An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
[9] Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
[10] But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, And raise me up, that I may requite them.
[11] By this I know that thou favourest me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
[12] And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.
[13] Blessed be the Lord God of Israel From everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

Psalm 41:1a Or, the weak, or sick
Psalm 41:1b Heb. in the day of evil
Psalm 41:2 Or, do not now deliver
Psalm 41:3 Heb. turn
Psalm 41:7 Heb. evil to me
Psalm 41:8 Heb. a thing of Belial
Psalm 41:9 Heb. the man of my peace

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 41 (BYZ)

[1] Εἰς () τὸ () τέλος· () ψαλμὸς () τῷ () Δαυιδ. () Μακάριος () ὁ () συνίων () ἐπὶ () πτωχὸν () καὶ () πένητα· () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () πονηρᾷ () ῥύσεται () αὐτὸν () ὁ () κύριος. ()
[2] Κύριος () διαφυλάξαι () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ζήσαι () αὐτὸν () καὶ () μακαρίσαι () αὐτὸν () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ () καὶ () μὴ () παραδῴη () αὐτὸν () εἰς () χεῖρας () ἐχθροῦ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[3] Κύριος () βοηθήσαι () αὐτῷ () ἐπὶ () κλίνης () ὀδύνης () αὐτοῦ· () ὅλην () τὴν () κοίτην () αὐτοῦ () ἔστρεψας () ἐν () τῇ () ἀρρωστίᾳ αὐτοῦ. ()
[4] Ἐγὼ () εἶπα () Κύριε, () ἐλέησόν () με· () ἴασαι () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου, () ὅτι () ἥμαρτόν () σοι. ()
[5] Οἱ () ἐχθροί () μου () εἶπαν () κακά () μοι () Πότε () ἀποθανεῖται, () καὶ () ἀπολεῖται () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ; ()
[6] Καὶ () εἰ () εἰσεπορεύετο () τοῦ () ἰδεῖν, () μάτην () ἐλάλει· () ἡ () καρδία () αὐτοῦ () συνήγαγεν () ἀνομίαν () ἑαυτῷ, () ἐξεπορεύετο () ἔξω () καὶ () ἐλάλει. ()
[7] Ἐπὶ () τὸ () αὐτὸ () κατ’ () ἐμοῦ () ἐψιθύριζον πάντες () οἱ () ἐχθροί () μου, () κατ’ () ἐμοῦ () ἐλογίζοντο () κακά () μοι, ()
[8] λόγον () παράνομον κατέθεντο () κατ’ () ἐμοῦ () Μὴ () ὁ () κοιμώμενος () οὐχὶ () προσθήσει () τοῦ () ἀναστῆναι; ()
[9] Καὶ () γὰρ () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () τῆς () εἰρήνης () μου, () ἐφ’ () ὃν () ἤλπισα, () ὁ () ἐσθίων () ἄρτους () μου, () ἐμεγάλυνεν () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () πτερνισμόν·
[10] σὺ () δέ, () κύριε, () ἐλέησόν () με () καὶ () ἀνάστησόν () με, () καὶ () ἀνταποδώσω () αὐτοῖς. ()
[11] Ἐν () τούτῳ () ἔγνων () ὅτι () τεθέληκάς () με, () ὅτι () οὐ () μὴ () ἐπιχαρῇ ὁ () ἐχθρός () μου () ἐπ’ () ἐμέ. ()
[12] Ἐμοῦ () δὲ () διὰ () τὴν () ἀκακίαν ἀντελάβου, () καὶ () ἐβεβαίωσάς () με () ἐνώπιόν () σου () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα. ()
[13] Εὐλογητὸς () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () αἰῶνος () καὶ () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα. () Γένοιτο () γένοιτο. ()

Psalm 41:1 Originally verses 40:1–2.
Psalm 41:2 Originally verse 40:3.
Psalm 41:3 Originally verse 40:4.
Psalm 41:4 Originally verse 40:5.
Psalm 41:5 Originally verse 40:6.
Psalm 41:6 Originally verse 40:7.
Psalm 41:7 Originally verse 40:8.
Psalm 41:8 Originally verse 40:9.
Psalm 41:9 Originally verse 40:10.
Psalm 41:10 Originally verse 40:11.
Psalm 41:11 Originally verse 40:12.
Psalm 41:12 Originally verse 40:13.
Psalm 41:13 Originally verse 40:14.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.