Psalms 41:1
To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.
Psalms 41:2
Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.
Psalms 41:3
Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.
Psalms 41:4
I--I said, `O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'
Psalms 41:5
Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth--his name hath perished!
Psalms 41:6
And if he came to see--vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out--at the street he speaketh.
Psalms 41:7
All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:
Psalms 41:8
A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.
Psalms 41:9
Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,
Psalms 41:10
And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.
Psalms 41:11
By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.
Psalms 41:12
As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.
Psalms 41:13
Blessed is Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age--and unto the age. Amen and Amen.