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Psalms 41 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble. | Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him; | For the director of music. A psalm of David. Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the LORD delivers them in times of trouble. | |
| 2 | The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes. | 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 protects and preserves them— they are counted among the blessed in the land— he does not give them over to the desire of their foes. | |
| 3 | The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness. | The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health. | The LORD sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness. | |
| 4 | I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.” | As for me, I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you!” | I said, “Have mercy on me, LORD; heal me, for I have sinned against you.” | |
| 5 | My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?” | My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die, and his name perish?” | My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die and his name perish?” | |
| 6 | My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad. | And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad. | When one of them comes to see me, he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander; then he goes out and spreads it around. | |
| 7 | All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me: | All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me. | All my enemies whisper together against me; they imagine the worst for me, saying, | |
| 8 | “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!” | They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him; he will not rise again from where he lies.” | “A vile disease has afflicted him; he will never get up from the place where he lies.” | |
| 9 | Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. | Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me. | Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me. | |
| 10 | But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them. | But you, O LORD, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them! | But may you have mercy on me, LORD; raise me up, that I may repay them. | |
| 11 | By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me. | By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not shout in triumph over me. | I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me. | |
| 12 | In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever. | But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever. | Because of my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever. | |
| 13 | Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen. | Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen. | Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen. | |
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