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Psalms 41

¹Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

²The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.

³The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be turned to strength.

⁴I said, Lord, have mercy on me; make my soul well, because my faith is in you.

⁵My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?

⁶If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.

⁷All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.

⁸They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.

⁹Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.

¹⁰But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, lifting me up, so that I may give them their punishment.

¹¹By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because my hater does not overcome me.

¹²And as for me, you are my support in my righteousness, giving me a place before your face for ever.

¹³May the Lord God of Israel be praised, through eternal days and for ever. So be it. So be it.

Psalms 41

¹Blessed is he who considers the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the day of evil.

²The Lord 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.

³The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

⁴I said, "Lord, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you."

⁵My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"

⁶If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

⁷All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

⁸"An evil disease," they say, "has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more."

⁹Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁰But you, Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.

¹¹By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.

¹²As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

¹³Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.