Psalm 41

Psalm 41 (New King James Version)

Psalm 41

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

 ¹ Blessed is he who considers the poor;
         The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
 ² The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive,
         And he will be blessed on the earth;
         You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
 ³ The LORD will strengthen him on his bed of illness;
         You will sustain him on his sickbed.
       
 ⁴ I said, “LORD, be merciful to me;
         Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
 ⁵ My enemies speak evil of me:
         “When will he die, and his name perish?”
 ⁶ And if he comes to see me, he speaks lies;
         His heart gathers iniquity to itself;
         When he goes out, he tells it.
       
 ⁷ All who hate me whisper together against me;
         Against me they devise my hurt.
 ⁸ “An evil disease,” they say, “clings to him.
         And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more.”
 ⁹ Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted,
         Who ate my bread,
         Has lifted up his heel against me.
       
 ¹⁰ But You, O LORD, be merciful to me, and raise me up,
         That I may repay them.
 ¹¹ By this I know that You are well pleased with me,
         Because my enemy does not triumph over me.
 ¹² As for me, You uphold me in my integrity,
         And set me before Your face forever.
       
 ¹³ Blessed be the LORD God of Israel
         From everlasting to everlasting!
         Amen and Amen.