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Psalms 41

1 <<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.>> Blessed is he who considers the poor: Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

1 Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the LORD delivers them in times of trouble.

2 Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive, He shall be blessed on the earth, And he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.

2 The LORD protects and preserves them— they are counted among the blessed in the land— he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.

3 Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, And restore him from his bed of illness.

3 The LORD sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness.

4 I said, "Yahweh, have mercy on me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you."

4 I said, “Have mercy on me, LORD; heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

5 My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"

5 My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die and his name perish?”

6 If he come to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

6 When one of them comes to see me, he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander; then he goes out and spreads it around.

7 All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

7 All my enemies whisper together against me; they imagine the worst for me, saying,

8 "An evil disease," they say, "has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more."

8 “A vile disease has afflicted him; he will never get up from the place where he lies.”

9 Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who ate bread with me, Has lifted up his heel against me.

9 Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me.

10 But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, That I may repay them.

10 But may you have mercy on me, LORD; raise me up, that I may repay them.

11 By this I know that you delight in me, Because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.

11 I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

12 As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, And set me in your presence forever.

12 Because of my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever.

13 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.

13 Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

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