PSALM 41 [†]  e Blessed is the one who considers the poor! [1]

 f In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him;

2 the LORD protects him and keeps him alive;

he is called blessed in the land;

you  g do not give him up to the will of his enemies.

3 The LORD sustains him on his sickbed;

in his illness you restore him to full health. [2]

4[†] As for me, I said, “O LORD,  h be gracious to me;

 i heal me, [3] for I have sinned against you!”

5 My enemies say of me in malice,

“When will he die, and his name perish?”

6 And when one comes to see me,  j he utters empty words,

while his heart gathers iniquity;

when he goes out, he tells it abroad.

7 All who hate me whisper together about me;

they imagine the worst for me. [4]

8 They say, “A deadly thing is poured out [5] on him;

he will not rise again from where he lies.”

9[^][†] Even my  k close friend in whom I trusted,

who  l ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

10 But you, O LORD, be gracious to me,

and raise me up, that I may repay them!

11[†] By this I know that  m you delight in me:

my enemy will not shout in triumph over me.

12[^] But  n you have upheld me because of  o my integrity,

and  p set me in your presence  q forever.

13[†]  r Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting!

Amen and Amen.