Psalms 41:1-13
To the director. A melody of David.
41 Happy is anyone who shows consideration to the lowly one;+Jehovah will rescue him in the day of calamity.
2 Jehovah will guard him and keep him alive.
He will be pronounced happy in the earth;+You will never turn him over to the will* of his enemies.+
3 Jehovah will sustain him on his sickbed;+During his sickness you will completely change his bed.
4 For I said: “O Jehovah, show me favor.+
Heal me,*+ for I have sinned against you.”+
5 But my enemies speak evil about me:
“When will he die and his name perish?”
6 If one of them comes to see me, his heart speaks falsely.
He gathers something harmful to say;Then he goes out and spreads it abroad.
7 All those who hate me whisper to one another;They are scheming something bad against me:
8 “A dreadful thing has overtaken him;Now that he is down, he will not rise again.”+
9 Even the man at peace with me, one whom I trusted,+Who was eating my bread, has lifted his heel against me.*+
10 But you, O Jehovah, show me favor and raise me up,So that I may repay them.
11 By this I will know that you are pleased with me:
When my enemy cannot shout in triumph over me.+
12 As for me, you uphold me because of my integrity;+You will keep me in your presence forever.+
13 May Jehovah, the God of Israel, be praisedThroughout all eternity.*+
Amen and Amen.
