PSALM 41

Assurance of God’s Help; and a Plea for Healing

Psalm 41:1 Blessed is he who considers the poor!  The LORD delivers him in the day of trouble;

Psalm 41:2 the 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.

Psalm 41:3 The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you heal all his infirmities.

Psalm 41:4 As for me, I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you!”

Psalm 41:5 My enemies say of me in malice: “When will he die, and his name perish?”

Psalm 41:6 And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers mischief; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.

Psalm 41:7 All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.

Psalm 41:8 They say, “A deadly thing has fastened upon him; he will not rise again from where he lies.”

Psalm 41:9 Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

Psalm 41:10 But you, O LORD, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them!

Psalm 41:11 By this I know that you are pleased with me, in that my enemy has not triumphed over me.

Psalm 41:12 But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence for ever.

Psalm 41:13 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.