Psalm 41
English Standard Version
O Lord, Be Gracious to Me
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
41 (A)Blessed is the one who considers the poor![a]
(B)In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him;
2 the Lord protects him and keeps him alive;
he is called blessed in the land;
you (C)do not give him up to the will of his enemies.
3 The Lord sustains him on his sickbed;
in his illness you restore him to full health.[b]
4 As for me, I said, “O Lord, (D)be gracious to me;
(E)heal me,[c] for I have sinned against you!”
5 My enemies say of me in malice,
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
6 And when one comes to see me, (F)he utters empty words,
while his heart gathers iniquity;
when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
7 All who hate me whisper together about me;
they imagine the worst for me.[d]
8 They say, “A deadly thing is poured out[e] on him;
he will not rise again from where he lies.”
9 Even my (G)close friend in whom I trusted,
who (H)ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
10 But you, O Lord, be gracious to me,
and raise me up, that I may repay them!
11 By this I know that (I)you delight in me:
my enemy will not shout in triumph over me.
12 But (J)you have upheld me because of (K)my integrity,
and (L)set me in your presence (M)forever.
13 (N)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting!
Amen and Amen.
Footnotes
- Psalm 41:1 Or weak
- Psalm 41:3 Hebrew you turn all his bed
- Psalm 41:4 Hebrew my soul
- Psalm 41:7 Or they devise evil against me
- Psalm 41:8 Or has fastened
Masalimo 41
Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero
Kwa mtsogoleri wa mayimbidwe. Salimo la Davide.
41 Wodala ndi munthu amene amaganizira anthu osauka;
Yehova amamuwombola pa nthawi yamsautso.
2 Yehova adzamuteteza ndi kusunga moyo wake;
Yehova adzamudalitsa iye mʼdziko
ndipo sadzamupereka ku zofuna za adani ake.
3 Yehova adzamuthandiza pamene akudwala
ndipo adzamuchiritsa pa bedi lake la matenda.
4 Ndinati, “Inu Yehova, mundichitire chifundo;
chiritseni pakuti ndakuchimwirani.”
5 Adani anga mwankhwidzi amanena za ine kuti,
“Kodi munthu ameneyu adzafa liti kuti ayiwalike?”
6 Pamene wina abwera kudzandiona,
amayankhula mwachinyengo, pomwe mtima wake ukusonkhanitsa zachipongwe;
kenaka iye amatuluka ndi kukalengeza kunja.
7 Adani anga onse amanongʼonezana pamodzi kulimbana nane,
iwo amalingalira zoyipa kwambiri za ine, ponena kuti,
8 “Matenda owopsa amugwira;
sadzaukapo pamalo pamene wagona.”
9 Ngakhale bwenzi langa la pamtima amene ndinamudalira,
iye amene amadya pamodzi ndi ine
watukula chidendene chake kulimbana nane.
10 Koma Yehova mundichititre chifundo,
dzutseni kuti ndiwabwezere.
11 Ine ndikudziwa kuti mukukondwera nane,
pakuti mdani wanga sandigonjetsa.
12 Mu ungwiro wanga Inu mumandisunga
ndi kundiyimika pamaso panu kwamuyaya.
13 Atamandike Yehova Mulungu wa Israeli
kuchokera muyaya mpaka muyaya.
Ameni ndi Ameni.
Psalm 41
King James Version
41 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
3 The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
4 I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
10 But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
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