Chapter 41
- O Adonai, Be Gracious to Me To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him;
- the Lord protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies.
- The Lord sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health.
- As for me, I said, O Adonai, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you!
- My enemies say of me in malice, When will he die, and his name perish?
- And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
- All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.
- They say, A deadly thing is poured out on him; he will not rise again from where he lies.
- Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
- But you, O Adonai, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them!
- By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not shout in triumph over me.
- But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
- Blessed be the Adonai, the Elohim of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen. Book Two