Psalm 41

Complete Jewish Bible

41 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾How blessed are those who care for the poor!
When calamity comes, Adonai will save them.
³⁽²⁾Adonai will preserve them, keep them alive,
and make them happy in the land.
You will not hand them over
to the whims of their enemies.
⁴⁽³⁾Adonai sustains them on their sickbed;
when they lie ill, you make them recover.
⁵⁽⁴⁾I said, “Adonai, have pity on me!
Heal me, for I have sinned against you!”
⁶⁽⁵⁾My enemies say the worst about me:
“When will he die and his name disappear?”
⁷⁽⁶⁾When they come to see me they speak insincerely,
their hearts meanwhile gathering falsehoods;
then they go out and spread bad reports.
⁸⁽⁷⁾All who hate me whisper together against me,
imagining the worst about me.
⁹⁽⁸⁾“A fatal disease has attached itself to him;
now that he lies ill, he will never get up.”
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Even my close friend, on whom I relied,
who shared my table, has turned against me.

¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾But you, Adonai, have pity on me,
put me on my feet, so I can pay them back.
¹²⁽¹¹⁾I will know you are pleased with me
if my enemy doesn’t defeat me.
¹³⁽¹²⁾You uphold me because of my innocence
you establish me in your presence forever.