Psalm 41 (New American Standard Bible)

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Psalm 41

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The Psalmist in Sickness Complains of Enemies and False Friends.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

41 How blessed is he who considers the ^[a]helpless;
The Lord will deliver him in a day of ^[b]trouble.
²The Lord will protect him and keep him alive,
And he shall ^[c]be called blessed upon the earth;
And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies.
³The Lord will sustain him upon his sickbed;
In his illness, You ^[d]restore him to health.

⁴As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;
Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
⁵My enemies speak evil against me,
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
⁶And ^[e]when he comes to see me, he speaks ^[f]falsehood;
His heart gathers wickedness to itself;
When he goes outside, he tells it.
⁷All who hate me whisper together against me;
Against me they devise my hurt, saying,
⁸“A wicked thing is poured out ^[g]upon him,
That when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”
⁹Even my close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁰But You, O Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up,
That I may repay them.
¹¹By this I know that You are pleased with me,
Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.
¹²As for me, You uphold me in my integrity,
And You set me in Your presence forever.