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Psalms 41

1 Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him;

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

2 the LORD protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his 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 The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health.

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

4 As for me, I said, "O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you!"

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

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

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

6 And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.

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 about me; they imagine the worst for me.

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

8 They say, "A deadly thing is poured out on him; he will not rise again from where he lies."

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

9 Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel 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, O LORD, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them!

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

11 By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not shout in triumph over me.

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

12 But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set 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 the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.

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

The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.