Psalms 41
The psalmist asks for God's blessing on those who care for the poor and needy, and expresses confidence that God will deliver and preserve him from his enemies. The psalmist is suffering from illness and betrayal by friends, and asks God for healing and mercy. He notes that even those he trusted have turned against him, but is confident that God will sustain him because of his innocence. The psalm concludes with a statement of praise for God's eternal care.
Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil dayMay the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And may he not hand him over to the will of his adversariesMay the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire coveringI said, "O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perishAnd when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same wayAll my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against meThey established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise againFor even the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, who ate my bread, has greatly supplanted meBut you, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again. And I will requite themBy this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over meBut you have sustained me, because of my innocence, and you have confirmed me in your sight in eternityBlessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen
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