Psalms 41:1-8 ▼

1 For the choir director. Of David. How blessed is he who considers the poor; Yahweh will provide him escape in a day of calamity.

2 Yahweh will keep him and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies.

3 Yahweh will sustain him upon his sickbed; In his illness, You restore him to health.

4 As for me, I said, “O Yahweh, be gracious to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”

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

6 And when he comes to see me, he speaks worthlessness; His heart gathers wickedness to itself; When he goes outside, he speaks it.

7 All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me, they devise for me calamity, saying,

8 “A vile thing is poured out upon him, That when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”