Psalm 41

Psalm 41

Assurance of God’s Help and a Plea for Healing

To the leader. A Psalm of David.

¹Happy are those who consider the poor;^a

the Lord delivers them in the day of trouble.^*

²The Lord protects them and keeps them alive;

they are called happy in the land.

You do not give them up to the will of their enemies.^*

³The Lord sustains them on their sickbed;

in their illness you heal all their infirmities.^b*

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

heal me, for I have sinned against you.”^*

⁵My enemies wonder in malice

when I will die and my name perish.^*

⁶And when they come to see me, they utter empty words

while their hearts gather mischief;

when they go out, they tell it abroad.^*

⁷All who hate me whisper together about me;

they imagine the worst for me.^*

⁸They think that a deadly thing has fastened on me,

that I will not rise again from where I lie.^*

⁹Even my close friend in whom I trusted,

who ate of my bread, has lifted the 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 you are pleased with me:

because my enemy has not triumphed over me.^*

¹²But you have upheld me because of my integrity

and set me in your presence forever.^*

¹³Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting.

Amen and Amen.^*

Book II

(Psalms 42–72)