Psalms 41

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Meaning First Bible · Psalms · chapter 41 of 150

1Unto the End. A Psalm of Beloved.

2Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; He-Who-Is will deliver him in the day of trouble.

3He-Who-Is will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes.

4He-Who-Is will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.

5I said, “O He-Who-Is, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”

6My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”

7My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.

8All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:

9“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”

10Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

11But You, O He-Who-Is, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.

12By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

13In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.

14Blessed be He-Who-Is, the God of Strives-with-God, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.