Psalms 41

¹Blessed is he that considereth the poor:

²Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive,

³Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing:

⁴I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me:

⁵Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying,

⁶And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood;

⁷All that hate me whisper together against me;

⁸An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him;

⁹Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,

¹⁰But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up,

¹¹By this I know that thou delightest in me,

¹²And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity,

¹³Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel,