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Psalm 41

1 Happy are those who are concerned for the poor; the Lord will help them when they are in trouble.

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.

2 The Lord will protect them and preserve their lives; he will make them happy in the land; he will not abandon them to the power of their enemies.

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.

3 The Lord will help them when they are sick and will restore them to health.

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

4 I said, "I have sinned against you, Lord; be merciful to me and heal me."

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

5 My enemies say cruel things about me. They want me to die and be forgotten.

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

6 Those who come to see me are not sincere; they gather bad news about me and then go out and tell it everywhere.

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

7 All who hate me whisper to each other about me, they imagine the worst about me.

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

8 They say, "He is fatally ill; he will never leave his bed again."

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

9 Even my best friend, the one I trusted most, the one who shared my food, has turned against me.

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

10 Be merciful to me, Lord, and restore my health, and I will pay my enemies back.

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

11 They will not triumph over me, and I will know that you are pleased with me.

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

12 You will help me, because I do what is right; you will keep me in your presence forever.

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

13 Praise the Lord, the God of Israel! Praise him now and forever! Amen! Amen!

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

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