Psa41 - HOLY BIBLE

Psalms – Chapter 41

¹For the leader. A psalm of David.

²Blessed the one concerned for the poor;

on a day of misfortune, the LORD delivers him.

³The LORD keeps and preserves him,

makes him blessed in the land,

and does not betray him to his enemies.

⁴The LORD sustains him on his sickbed,

you turn down his bedding whenever he is ill.

⁵Even I have said, “LORD, take note of me;

heal me, although I have sinned against you.

⁶My enemies say bad things against me:

‘When will he die and his name be forgotten?’

⁷When someone comes to visit me, he speaks without sincerity.

His heart stores up malice;

when he leaves, he gossips.

⁸All those who hate me whisper together against me;

they imagine the worst about me:

⁹‘He has had ruin poured over him;

that one lying down will never rise again.’

¹⁰Even my trusted friend,

who ate my bread,

has raised his heel against me.

¹¹“But you, LORD, take note of me to raise me up

that I may repay them.”

¹²By this I will know you are pleased with me,

that my enemy no longer shouts in triumph over me.

¹³In my integrity may you support me

and let me stand in your presence forever.

¹⁴Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,

from all eternity and forever.

Amen. Amen.

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