1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the time of trouble.

2 \\41:1\\To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the time of trouble.

3 \\41:2\\The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

4 \\41:3\\The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

5 \\41:4\\I said, LORD, be merciful to me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

6 \\41:5\\My enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

7 \\41:6\\And if he cometh to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

8 \\41:7\\All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

9 \\41:8\\An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast to him: and now that he lieth he shall rise no more.

10 \\41:9\\Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

11 \\41:10\\But thou, O LORD, be merciful to me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

12 \\41:11\\By this I know that thou favorest me, because my enemy doth not triumph over me.

13 \\41:12\\And as for me, thou upholdest me in my integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

14 \\41:13\\Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and amen.