Psalm 41-43 New American Standard Bible

The Psalmist in Sickness Complains of Enemies and False Friends.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

41 Blessed is one who ^(A)considers the ^[a]helpless;
The Lord will save him ^(B)on a day of ^[b]trouble.
²The Lord will ^(C)protect him and keep him alive,
And he will be called ^[c]^(D)blessed upon the earth;
And ^(E)do not turn 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, “Lord, be gracious to me;
^(F)Heal my soul, for ^(G)I have sinned against You.”
⁵My enemies ^(H)speak evil against me,
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
⁶And ^[e]when he comes to see me, he ^(I)speaks ^[f]empty words;
His heart gathers wickedness to itself;
When he goes outside, he tells it.
⁷All who hate me whisper together against me;
They ^(J)plot my harm against me, saying,
⁸“A wicked thing is poured out ^[g]upon him,
So that when he lies down, he will ^(K)not get up again.”
⁹Even my ^[h]^(L)close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me.

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

¹³^(R)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
From everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.

BOOK 2

Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.

For the music director. A ^[i]Maskil of the sons of Korah.

42 As the deer ^[j]pants for the water brooks,
So my soul ^[k]^(S)pants for You, God.
²My soul ^(T)thirsts for God, for the ^(U)living God;
When shall I come and ^[l]^(V)appear before God?
³My ^(W)tears have been my food day and night,
While they ^(X)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
⁴I remember these things and ^(Y)pour out my soul within me.
For I ^(Z)used to go over with the multitude and walk them to the house of God,
With a voice of ^(AA)joy and thanksgiving, a multitude celebrating a festival.

⁵^(AB)Why are you ^[m]^(AC)in despair, my soul?
And why are you ^(AD)restless within me?
^(AE)Wait for God, for I will ^[n]again praise ^[o]Him
For the ^[p]^(AF)help of His ^[q]presence, my God.
⁶My soul is ^[r]in despair within me;
Therefore I ^(AG)remember You from ^(AH)the land of the Jordan
And the ^[s]peaks of ^(AI)Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
⁷Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your ^(AJ)breakers and Your waves have passed over me.
⁸The Lord will ^(AK)send His goodness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me ^(AL)in the night,
A prayer to ^(AM)the God of my life.

⁹I will say to God ^(AN)my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go about ^(AO)mourning ^[t]because of the ^(AP)oppression of the enemy?”
¹⁰As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries taunt me,
While they ^(AQ)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
¹¹^(AR)Why are you ^[u]in despair, my soul?
And why are you restless within me?
Wait for God, for I will again praise ^[v]Him
For the ^[w]help of His presence, my God.

Prayer for Help.

43 ^(AS)Vindicate me, God, and ^(AT)plead my case against an ungodly nation;
^[x]Save me from ^(AU)the deceitful and unjust person!
²For You are the ^(AV)God of my strength; why have You ^(AW)rejected me?
Why do I go about ^(AX)mourning ^[y]because of the oppression of the enemy?

³Send out Your ^(AY)light and Your truth, they shall lead me;
They shall bring me to Your ^(AZ)holy hill
And to Your ^(BA)dwelling places.
⁴Then I will go to ^(BB)the altar of God,
To God ^[z]my exceeding ^(BC)joy;
And I will praise You on the ^(BD)lyre, God, my God.

⁵^(BE)Why are you ^[aa]in despair, my soul?
And why are you restless within me?
Wait for God, for I will ^[ab]again praise ^[ac]Him
For the ^[ad]help of His presence, my God.

Footnotes

Psalm 41:1 Or poor
Psalm 41:1 Or evil
Psalm 41:2 Or happy
Psalm 41:3 Lit turn all his bed
Psalm 41:6 Or if he
Psalm 41:6 Lit worthlessness
Psalm 41:8 Or within
Psalm 41:9 Lit man of peace
Psalm 42 Title Possibly Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
Psalm 42:1 Lit longs for
Psalm 42:1 Lit longs for
Psalm 42:2 Some mss see the face of God
Psalm 42:5 Lit dissolved away
Psalm 42:5 Or still
Psalm 42:5 Some ancient versions Him, the help of my face and my God
Psalm 42:5 Or saving acts of
Psalm 42:5 Or presence. O my God, my soul...
Psalm 42:6 Or dissolved away
Psalm 42:6 Lit Hermons
Psalm 42:9 Or while the enemy oppresses
Psalm 42:11 Or dissolved away
Psalm 42:11 As in some ancient mss, cf. v 5; MT Him, the help of my face and my God
Psalm 42:11 Or saving acts of
Psalm 43:1 Or May You
Psalm 43:2 Or while the enemy oppresses
Psalm 43:4 Lit the gladness of my joy
Psalm 43:5 Or dissolved away
Psalm 43:5 Or still
Psalm 43:5 As in some ancient mss; MT Him, the help of my face and my God
Psalm 43:5 Or saving acts of