Psalms 41

Blessed is the one who cares for the poor

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.a ²The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.b ³The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.c

⁴I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”d ⁵My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?” ⁶My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.

⁷All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me: ⁸“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!” ⁹Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.e

¹⁰But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them. ¹¹By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.f ¹²In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.

¹³Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.g