Psalms Chapter 41 World English Bible

Psalms 41:1

> Blessed is he who considers the poor: Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

Psalms 41:2

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.

Psalms 41:3

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

Psalms 41:4

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

Psalms 41:5

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

Psalms 41:6

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

Psalms 41:7

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

Psalms 41:8

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

Psalms 41:9

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

Psalms 41:10

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

Psalms 41:11

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

Psalms 41:12

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

Psalms 41:13

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