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Psalm 41:10–11

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41:10As for you, O Lord, have mercy on me and raise me up,

so I can pay them back!”25

41:11By this26 I know that you are pleased with me,

for my enemy does27 not triumph28 over me.

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Footnotes

  1. 25 The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) here indicates purpose or result (“Then I will repay them”) after the preceding imperatives.
  2. 26 By this. Having recalled his former lament and petition, the psalmist returns to the confident mood of vv. 1–3. The basis for his confidence may be a divine oracle of deliverance, assuring him that God would intervene and vindicate him. The demonstrative pronoun “this” may refer to such an oracle, which is assumed here, though its contents are not included. See P. C. Craigie, Psalms 1–50 (), , .
  3. 27 Or “will.” One may translate the imperfect verbal form as descriptive (present, cf. ) or as anticipatory (future, cf. ).
  4. 28 Heb “shout.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But you, O Lord, be gracious to me,

and raise me up, that I may repay them!

By this I know that you delight in me:

my enemy will not shout in triumph over me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But may you have mercy on me, Lord;

raise me up, that I may repay them.

I know that you are pleased with me,

for my enemy does not triumph over me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But you, Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up;

then I will repay them.

By this I know that you delight in me:

my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

NLTNew Living Translation

Lord, have mercy on me.

Make me well again, so I can pay them back!

I know you are pleased with me,

for you have not let my enemies triumph over me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But you, O Yahweh, be gracious to me and raise me up

that I may repay them.

By this I know that you delight in me:

because my enemy has not shouted in triumph over me.

KJV 1900King James Version

But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me,

And raise me up, that I may requite them.

By this I know that thou favourest me,

Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.