Psalm 41:1–13

^1eBlessed is the one who considers the poor!¹

^fIn the day of trouble the Lord delivers him;

²the Lord protects him and keeps him alive;

he is called blessed in the land;

you ^gdo not give him up to the will of his enemies.

³The Lord sustains him on his sickbed;

in his illness you restore him to full health.²

⁴As for me, I said, “O Lord, ^hbe gracious to me;

ⁱheal me,³ for I have sinned against you!”

⁵My enemies say of me in malice,

“When will he die, and his name perish?”

⁶And when one comes to see me, ^jhe utters empty words,

while his heart gathers iniquity;

when he goes out, he tells it abroad.

⁷All who hate me whisper together about me;

they imagine the worst for me.⁴

⁸They say, “A deadly thing is poured out⁵ on him;

he will not rise again from where he lies.”

⁹Even my ^kclose friend in whom I trusted,

who ^late my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

¹⁰But you, O Lord, be gracious to me,

and raise me up, that I may repay them!

¹¹By this I know that ^myou delight in me:

my enemy will not shout in triumph over me.

¹²But ⁿyou have upheld me because of ^omy integrity,

and ^pset me in your presence ^qforever.

^13rBlessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting!

Amen and Amen.

Book Two