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Psalm 41

New Living Translation NLT

1 Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor! The LORD rescues them when they are in trouble.

2 The LORD protects them and keeps them alive. He gives them prosperity in the land and rescues them from their enemies.

3 The LORD nurses them when they are sick and restores them to health.

4 “O LORD,” I prayed, “have mercy on me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

5 But my enemies say nothing but evil about me. “How soon will he die and be forgotten?” they ask.

6 They visit me as if they were my friends, but all the while they gather gossip, and when they leave, they spread it everywhere.

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

8 “He has some fatal disease,” they say. “He will never get out of that bed!”

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

10 LORD, have mercy on me. Make me well again, so I can pay them back!

11 I know you are pleased with me, for you have not let my enemies triumph over me.

12 You have preserved my life because I am innocent; you have brought me into your presence forever.

13 Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who lives from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and amen!

The Message Bible MSG

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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