Psalms 41

Thanksgiving for God’s Provision in Time of Sickness

¹Blessed is the one who has regard for the poor;

in the day of disaster, Yahweh delivers him.

²Yahweh protects him and keeps him alive;

he is blessed in the land,

and you do not give him

into the will of his enemies.

³Yahweh sustains him on his sick bed.

In his illness, you restore to health.

⁴As for me, I said, “O Yahweh, be gracious to me.

Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

⁵My enemies speak evil about me,

“When will he die and his name perish?”

⁶And when one comes to see me, he speaks falsely;

his heart gathers disaster for itself.

He goes out to the street; he speaks.

⁷All who hate me speak together against me.

Against me they assume the worst for me:

⁸“A ruinous thing is poured out on him,

and now that he lies down, he will not rise up again.”

⁹Even my close friend, whom I trusted,[#Literally “the man of my peace”]

who ate my bread,

has lifted his heel against me.

¹⁰But you, O Yahweh, be gracious to me and raise me up

that I may repay them.

¹¹By this I know that you delight in me:

because my enemy has not shouted in triumph over me.

¹²As for me, you have upheld me in my integrity,

and you have set me in your presence forever.

¹³Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting.

Amen and Amen.