41: 1 The Psalmist in Sickness complains of Enemies and False Friends. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth ²⁴⁹the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
²⁴⁹Or, the weak:

41: 2 Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed ²⁵⁰upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the soul of his enemies.
²⁵⁰Or, in the land;

41: 3 Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou ²⁵¹makest all his bed in his sickness.
²⁵¹Hb. turnest or, changest

41: 4 I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me: Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
41: 5 Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying, When will he die, and his name perish?
41: 6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
41: 7 All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.
41: 8 ²⁵²An evil disease, say they, ²⁵³cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
²⁵²Or, Some wicked thing,
²⁵³Or, is poured out upon him;

41: 9 Yes, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.
41: 10 But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.
41: 11 By this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
41: 12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.
41: 13 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.