Psalm 41

Psalm 41

For the choir director; a psalm by David. 

¹Blessed is the one who has concern for helpless people. 

The Lord will rescue him in times of trouble. 

²The Lord will protect him and keep him alive. 

He will be blessed in the land. 

Do not place him at the mercy of his enemies. 

³The Lord will support him on his sickbed. 

You will restore this person to health when he is ill. 

⁴I said, “O Lord, have pity on me! 

Heal my soul because I have sinned against you.” 

⁵My enemies say terrible things about me: 

“When will he die, and when will his family name disappear?” 

⁶When one of them comes to visit me, he speaks foolishly. 

His heart collects gossip. 

⸤Then⸥ he leaves to tell others. 

⁷Everyone who hates me whispers about me. 

They think evil things about me and say, 

⁸“A devilish disease has attached itself to him. 

He will never leave his sickbed.” 

⁹Even my closest friend whom I trusted, 

the one who ate my bread, 

has lifted his heel against me. 

¹⁰Have pity on me, O Lord! 

Raise me up so that I can pay them back 

¹¹and my enemy cannot shout in triumph over me. 

When you do this, I know that you are pleased with me. 

¹²You defend my integrity, 

and you set me in your presence forever. 

¹³Thank the Lord God of Israel through all eternity! 

Amen and amen!