Psalm 41

Psalm 41

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

¹Blessed is the one who cares about weak people.

When he is in trouble, the Lord saves him.

²The Lord will guard him and keep him alive.

He will bless him in the land.

He won’t hand him over to the wishes of his enemies.

³The Lord will take care of him when he is lying sick in bed.

He will make him well again.

⁴I said, “Lord, show me your favor.

Heal me. I have sinned against you.”

⁵My enemies are saying bad things about me.

They say, “When will he die and be forgotten?”

⁶When anyone comes to see me,

he says things he doesn’t mean.

At the same time, he thinks up lies to tell against me.

Then he goes out and spreads those lies around.

⁷All of my enemies whisper to each other about me.

They want something terrible to happen to me.

⁸They say, “He is sick and will die very soon.

He will never get up from his bed again.”

⁹Even my close friend, whom I trusted, has deserted me.

I even shared my bread with him.

¹⁰But Lord, show me your favor.

Make me well, so I can pay them back.

¹¹Then I will know that you are pleased with me,

because my enemies haven’t won the battle over me.

¹²You will take good care of me because I’ve been honest.

You will let me be with you forever.

¹³Give praise to the Lord, the God of Israel,

for ever and ever.

Amen and Amen.