Psalms 41:1–13

^{To the director. A melody of David.}

¹Happy is anyone acting with consideration toward the lowly one;
In the day of calamity Jehovah will provide escape for him.

²Jehovah himself will guard him and preserve him alive.
He will be pronounced happy in the earth;
And you cannot possibly give him over to the soul of his enemies.

³Jehovah himself will sustain him upon a divan of illness;
All his bed you will certainly change during his sickness.

⁴As for me, I said: “O Jehovah, show me favor.
Do heal my soul, for I have sinned against you.”

⁵As for my enemies, they say what is bad concerning me:
“When will he die and his name actually perish?”

⁶And if one does come to see [me], untruth is what his heart will speak;
He will gather up for himself something hurtful;
He will go out; on the outside he will speak [of it].

⁷Unitedly against me all those hating me whisper to one another;
Against me they keep scheming something bad for me:

⁸“A good‐for‐nothing thing is poured out upon him;
Now that he has lain down, he will not get up again.”

⁹Also the man at peace with me, in whom I trusted,
Who was eating my bread, has magnified [his] heel against me.

¹⁰As for you, O Jehovah, show me favor and cause me to get up,
That I may pay them back.

¹¹By this I do know that you have found delight in me,
Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

¹²As for me, because of my integrity you have upheld me,
And you will set me before your face to time indefinite.

¹³Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel
From time indefinite even to time indefinite.
Amen and Amen.