41:1  Blessed is he who considers the poor;
The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

41:2  The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive,
And he will be blessed on the earth;
You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

41:3  The LORD will strengthen him on his bed of illness;
You will sustain him on his sickbed.

41:4  I said, “LORD, be merciful to me;
Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”

41:5  My enemies speak evil of me:
“When will he die, and his name perish?”

41:6  And if he comes to see me, he speaks lies;
His heart gathers iniquity to itself;
When he goes out, he tells it.

41:7  All who hate me whisper together against me;
Against me they devise my hurt.

41:8  “An evil disease,” they say, “clings to him.
And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more.”

41:9  Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me.

41:10  But You, O LORD, be merciful to me, and raise me up,
That I may repay them.

41:11  By this I know that You are well pleased with me,
Because my enemy does not triumph over me.

41:12  As for me, You uphold me in my integrity,
And set me before Your face forever.

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