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Psalm 41

1 For the leader. A psalm of David: How blessed are those who care for the poor! When calamity comes, ADONAI will save them.

1 Dignify those who are down on their luck; you'll feel good - that's what God does.

2 ADONAI will preserve them, keep them alive, and make them happy in the land. You will not hand them over to the whims of their enemies.

2 God looks after us all, makes us robust with life - Lucky to be in the land, we're free from enemy worries.

3 ADONAI sustains them on their sickbed; when they lie ill, you make them recover.

3 Whenever we're sick and in bed, God becomes our nurse, nurses us back to health.

4 I said, "ADONAI, have pity on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!" 830

4 I said, "God, be gracious! Put me together again - my sins have torn me to pieces."

5 My enemies say the worst about me: "When will he die and his name disappear?"

5 My enemies are wishing the worst for me; they make bets on what day I will die.

6 When they come to see me they speak insincerely, their hearts meanwhile gathering falsehoods; then they go out and spread bad reports.

6 If someone comes to see me, he mouths empty platitudes, All the while gathering gossip about me to entertain the street-corner crowd.

7 All who hate me whisper together against me, imagining the worst about me.

7 These "friends" who hate me whisper slanders all over town. They form committees to plan misery for me.

8 "A fatal disease has attached itself to him; now that he lies ill, he will never get up."

8 The rumor goes out, "He's got some dirty, deadly disease. The doctors have given up on him."

9 Even my close friend, on whom I relied, who shared my table, has turned against me.

9 Even my best friend, the one I always told everything - he ate meals at my house all the time! - has bitten my hand.

10 But you, ADONAI, have pity on me, put me on my feet, so I can pay them back.

10 God, give grace, get me up on my feet. I'll show them a thing or two.

11 I will know you are pleased with me if my enemy doesn't defeat me.

11 Meanwhile, I'm sure you're on my side - no victory shouts yet from the enemy camp!

12 You uphold me because of my innocence you establish me in your presence forever.

12 You know me inside and out, you hold me together, you never fail to stand me tall in your presence so I can look you in the eye.

13 Blessed be ADONAI the God of Isra'el from eternity past to eternity future. Amen. Amen.

13 Blessed is God, Israel's God, always, always, always. Yes. Yes. Yes.