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 41
41
Psalm 41
For the music leader. A psalm of David.
1Those who pay close attention to the poor are truly happy!
The LORD rescues them during troubling times.
2The LORD protects them and keeps them alive;
they are widely regarded throughout the land as happy people.
You#41.2 LXX, Syr; Vulg God won’t won’t hand them over to the will of their enemies.
3The LORD will strengthen them when they are lying in bed, sick.
You will completely transform the place where they lie ill.
4But me? I said, “LORD, have mercy on me!
Heal me because I have sinned against you.”
5My enemies speak maliciously about me:
“When will he die and his name disappear?”
6Whenever they come to visit, they say nothing of value.
Their hearts collect evil gossip;
once they leave, they tell it to everybody.
7All of those who hate me talk about me, whispering to each other,
plotting evil against me:
8“Some horrible thing has been poured into him;
the next time he lies down, he won’t get up.”
9Even my good friend,
the one I trusted,
who shared my food,
has kicked me with his heel—a betrayer!
10But you, LORD, please have mercy on me and lift me up
so I can pay them back!
11Then I’ll know you are pleased with me
because my enemy won’t be shouting in triumph over me.
12You support me in my integrity;
you put me in your presence forever.
13Bless the LORD, the God of Israel,
from forever to forever!
Amen and Amen!
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