Psalms 41 — WEBBE

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

41Verse 1Blessed is he who considers the poor.The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.^{Verse 2}The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive.He shall be blessed on the earth,
and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.^{Verse 3}The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed,and restore him from his bed of illness.^{Verse 4}I said, “LORD, have mercy on me!Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”^{Verse 5}My enemies speak evil against me:“When will he die, and his name perish?”^{Verse 6}If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood.His heart gathers iniquity to itself.
When he goes abroad, he tells it.^{Verse 7}All who hate me whisper together against me.They imagine the worst for me.^{Verse 8}“An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him.Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”^{Verse 9}Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,who ate bread with me,
has lifted up his heel against me.^{Verse 10}But you, LORD, have mercy on me, and raise me up,that I may repay them.^{Verse 11}By this I know that you delight in me,because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.^{Verse 12}As for me, you uphold me in my integrity,and set me in your presence forever.^{Verse 13}Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,from everlasting and to everlasting!Amen and amen.