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Psalm 41

Assurance of God’s Help and a Plea for Healing

To the leader. A Psalm of David.

1

Happy are those who consider the poor;

the L ord delivers them in the day of trouble.

2

The L ord 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.

3

The L ord sustains them on their sickbed;

in their illness you heal all their infirmities.

 

4

As for me, I said, “O L ord, be gracious to me;

heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

5

My enemies wonder in malice

when I will die, and my name perish.

6

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

while their hearts gather mischief;

when they go out, they tell it abroad.

7

All who hate me whisper together about me;

they imagine the worst for me.

 

8

They think that a deadly thing has fastened on me,

that I will not rise again from where I lie.

9

Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted,

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

10

But you, O L ord, be gracious to me,

and raise me up, that I may repay them.

 

11

By this I know that you are pleased with me;

because my enemy has not triumphed over me.

12

But you have upheld me because of my integrity,

and set me in your presence forever.

 

13

Blessed be the L ord, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting.

Amen and Amen.