Psalms 41

1Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.● 2Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.● 3Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his sickness.● 4I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me: Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.● 5Mine enemies speak evil against me, `saying', When will he die, and his name perish?● 6And if he come to see `me', he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.● 7All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.● 8An evil disease, `say they', cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.● 9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.● 10But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.● 11By this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.● 12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.● 13Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. Psalm 42 For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah.●