Psalms 41
Introduction to Psalm 41
1Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil. 2Jehovah will preserve him , and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies. 3Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his sickness. 4I said, O Jehovah , have mercy upon me : Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. 5Mine enemies speak evil against me , saying , When will he die, and his name perish? 6And if he come to see me , he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it . 7All that hate me whisper together against me ; Against me do they devise my hurt. 8An evil disease, say they , cleaveth fast unto him ; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more . 9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me . 10But thou, O Jehovah , have mercy upon me , and raise me up , That I may requite them . 11By this I know that thou delightest in me , Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me . 12And as for me , thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever .