41:1 BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, to be envied) is he who considers the weak {and} the poor; the Lord will deliver him in the time of evil {and} trouble. |
41:2 The Lord will protect him and keep him alive; he shall be called blessed in the land; and You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. |
41:3 The Lord will sustain, refresh, {and} strengthen him on his bed of languishing; all his bed You [O Lord] will turn, change, {and} transform in his illness. |
41:4 I said, Lord, be merciful {and} gracious to me; heal my inner self, for I have sinned against You. |
41:5 My enemies speak evil of me, [saying], When will he die and his name perish? |
41:6 And when one comes to see me, he speaks falsehood {and} empty words, while his heart gathers mischievous gossip [against me]; when he goes away, he tells it abroad. |
41:7 All who hate me whisper together about me; against me do they devise my hurt [imagining the worst for me]. |
41:8 An evil disease, say they, is poured out upon him {and} cleaves fast to him; and now that he is bedfast, he will not rise up again. |
41:9 Even my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted (relied on and was confident), who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. |
41:10 But You, O Lord, be merciful {and} gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. |
41:11 By this I know that You favor {and} delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me. |
41:12 And as for me, You have upheld me in my integrity and set me in Your presence forever. |
41:13 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting [from this age to the next, and forever]! Amen and Amen (so be it). |