SOTD Pslam 41

Psalm 41

O LORD, Be Gracious to Me

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

¹ Blessed is the one who considers the poor!^[p]
In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him;
²the LORD protects him and keeps him alive;
he is called blessed in the land;
you do not give him up to the will of his enemies.
³The LORD sustains him on his sickbed;
in his illness you restore him to full health.^[q]

⁴As for me, I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me;
heal me,^[r] for I have sinned against you!”
⁵My enemies say of me in malice,
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
⁶And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words,
while his heart gathers iniquity;
when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
⁷All who hate me whisper together about me;
they imagine the worst for me.^[s]

⁸They say, “A deadly thing is poured out^[t] on him;
he will not rise again from where he lies.”
⁹Even my close friend in whom I trusted,
who ate my bread, has lifted 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 delight in me:
my enemy will not shout in triumph over me.
¹²But you have upheld me because of my integrity,
and set me in your presence forever.

¹³ Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting!

Amen and Amen.