The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Psalms 041
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
1 Blessed is he who considers the poor.
Yahweh will deliver him in the day of
evil.
2 Yahweh 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.
3 Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed,
and restore him from his bed of illness.
4 I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me!
Heal me, for I have sinned against
you.”
5 My enemies speak evil against me:
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
6 If he comes to see me, he speaks false hood.
His heart gathers iniquity to itself.
When he goes abroad, he tells it.
7 All who hate me whisper together against
me. They imagine the worst for me.
8 “An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted
him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no
more.”
9 Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I
trusted, who ate bread with me,
has lifted up his heel against me.
10 But you, Yahweh, havemercy onme, and
raise me up, that I may repay them.
11 By this I know that you delight in me,
because my enemy doesn’t triumph
over me.
12 As for me, you uphold me in my integrity,
and set me in your presence forever.
13 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
from everlasting and to everlasting!
Amen and amen