For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Blessed is he that considereth {Or, the weak}the poor:
Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive,
And he shall be blessed {Or, in the land}upon the earth;
And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.
Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing:
Thou {Hebrew: turnest, or, changest.}makest all his bed in his sickness.
I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me:
Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying,
When will he die, and his name perish?
And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood;
His heart gathereth iniquity to itself:
When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
All that hate me whisper together against me;
Against me do they devise my hurt.
{Or, Some wicked thing}An evil disease, say they, {Or, is poured out upon him}cleaveth fast unto him;
And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,
Who did eat of my bread,
Hath lifted up his heel against me.
But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up,
That I may requite them.
By this I know that thou delightest in me,
Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity,
And settest me before thy face for ever.
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel,
From everlasting and to everlasting.
Amen, and Amen.
Querverweise zu Psalm 41,11 Ps 41,11
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him;Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.
And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy;Thou hast set my feet in a large place.
Let them not say in their heart, {Hebrew: Aha, our desire.}Aha, so would we have it:Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Show me a token for good,That they who hate me may see it, and be put to shame,Because thou, Jehovah, hast helped me, and comforted me.
Blessed be Jehovah,Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Sing unto Jehovah, praise ye Jehovah; for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evil-doers.
{Or, having put off from himself the principalities &c.}having despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.