Psalms 41
1 For the music director. A psalm of David.
2 Happy is the one who cares for the poor; on the day of trouble the LORD will deliver him.
3 The LORD will protect him and keep him alive; he will be called happy in the land. You will not hand him over to the desire of his enemies.
4 The LORD will sustain him on his bed of pain; in his illness, you turn his whole bed over.
5 I said, “LORD, have mercy on me; heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.”
6 My enemies speak evil of me: “When will he die, and his name vanish?”
7 If someone comes to see me, he speaks lies; his heart gathers mischief, and when he goes out, that is what he says.
8 All who hate me whisper together against me; they plot evil against me.
9 “A wicked thing has poured itself over him; now that he has lain down, he will never rise again.”
10 Even the man with whom I lived in peace has turned against me—the one I trusted, who ate my bread.
11 But you, LORD, have mercy on me and raise me up, so I may repay them.
12 By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.
13 As for me, you uphold me in my integrity and set me before you forever.
14 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and amen.
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