Psalms 41
41
PSALM 41
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician,
A Psalm of David.
1Blessed is he that wisely doth
the poor man's case consider;
For when the time of trouble is,
the Lord will him deliver.
2God will him keep, yea, save alive;
on earth he bless'd shall live;
And to his enemies' desire
thou wilt him not up give.
3God will give strength when he on bed
of languishing doth mourn;
And in his sickness sore, O Lord,
thou all his bed wilt turn.
4I said, O Lord, do thou extend
thy mercy unto me;
O do thou heal my soul; for why?
I have offended thee.
5Those that to me are enemies,
of me do evil say,
When shall he die, that so his name
may perish quite away?
6To see me if he comes, he speaks
vain words: but then his heart
Heaps mischief to it, which he tells,
when forth he doth depart.
7My haters jointly whispering,
'gainst me my hurt devise.
8Mischief, say they, cleaves fast to him;
he li'th, and shall not rise.
9Yea, ev'n mine own familiar friend,
on whom I did rely,
Who ate my bread, ev'n he his heel
against me lifted high.
10But, Lord, be merciful to me,
and up again me raise,
That I may justly them requite
according to their ways.
11By this I know that certainly
I favour'd am by thee;
Because my hateful enemy
triumphs not over me.
12But as for me, thou me uphold'st
in mine integrity;
And me before thy countenance
thou sett'st continually.
13The Lord, the God of Israel,
be bless'd for ever then,
From age to age eternally.
Amen, yea, and amen.
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Psalms 42—72
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Psalms 41
41
Psalm 41
David wrote this song for the music leader.
A prayer #41:1 David wrote this psalm when he was ill. He says he was ill because he had not obeyed God's laws. When David was ill, many people came to visit him. David thought that they were his friends, but they were not. They wanted him to die so that there would be a new king. One of David's visitors was his best friend, but he was not kind to David. It is only God who can really take care of David.
1If someone is kind to poor people,
God blesses him.
When he is in trouble,
the Lord rescues him.
2The Lord keeps him safe.
The Lord saves his life!
God causes him to be happy
here in the land where he lives.
The Lord will not put him under the power of his enemies.
3The Lord takes care of him
when he is ill in bed.
Whenever he is ill,
you will make him completely well again.
4I said, ‘Lord be kind to me
and forgive me.
I have done wrong things against you,
but please make me well again.’
5My enemies say cruel things about me.
They say, ‘Surely he must die soon!
Then everyone will forget about him.’
6When they come to see me,
they say that they are my friends.
But they think of ways to make me ashamed.
When they leave,
they tell everyone bad things about me.
7All the people who hate me
insult me to other people.
My enemies make plans to hurt me.
8They say, ‘He has a dangerous disease.
He will never get up from his bed.’
9Even my special friend has turned against me.
He was someone that I trusted.
I often ate food with him in my home. #41:9 Jesus used these words to speak about Judas. See John 13:18.
10But you, Lord, please be kind to me.
Raise me up to be well again.
Then I can punish my enemies as they have punished me. #41:10 David was king, so it was his job to punish his enemies for the bad things that they had done to him.
11They have not won against me,
so I know that you are pleased with me!
12You continue to help me because I do what is right.
You will let me stay near to you for ever.
13Let us all praise the Lord,
who is Israel's great God!
Yes, praise him now and for ever!
Amen! Amen!
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