Psalm 41

¹Happy are those who consider the poor;

the Lord delivers them in the day of trouble.

²The Lord protects them and keeps them alive;

they are called happy in the land.

You do not give them up to the will of their enemies.

³The Lord sustains them on their sickbed;

in their illness you heal all their infirmities.

⁴As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;

heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

⁵My enemies wonder in malice

when I will die, and my name perish.

⁶And when they come to see me, they utter empty words,

while their hearts gather mischief;

when they go out, they tell it abroad.

⁷All who hate me whisper together about me;

they imagine the worst for me.

⁸They think that a deadly thing has fastened on me,

that I will not rise again from where I lie.

⁹Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted,

who ate of my bread, has lifted the heel against me.

¹⁰But you, O Lord, be gracious to me,

and raise me up, that I may repay them.

¹¹By this I know that you are pleased with me;

because my enemy has not triumphed over me.

¹²But you have upheld me because of my integrity,

and set me in your presence forever.

¹³Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting.

Amen and Amen.