Psalms 41

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.	1 [For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] Blessed is anyone who cares for the poor and the weak; in timeof trouble Yahweh rescues him.
2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.	2 Yahweh protects him, gives him life and happiness on earth. Do not abandon him to his enemies'pleasure!
3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.	3 Yahweh sustains him on his bed of sickness; you transform altogether the bed where he lies sick.
4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.	4 For my part I said, 'Yahweh, take pity on me! Cure me for I have sinned against you.'
5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?	5 My enemies speak to me only of disaster, 'When wil he die and his name disappear?'
6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.	6 When people come to see me their talk is hol ow, when they get out they spread the news with spite intheir hearts.
7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.	7 Al who hate me whisper together about me and reckon I deserve the misery I suffer.
8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.	8 'A fatal sickness has a grip on him; now that he is down, he will never get up again.'
9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.	9 Even my trusted friend on whom I relied, who shared my table, takes advantage of me.
10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.	10 But you, Yahweh, take pity on me! Put me on my feet and I wil give them their due.
11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.	11 This wil convince me that you delight in me, if my enemy no longer exults over me.
12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.	12 Then you wil keep me unscathed, and set me in your presence for ever.
13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.	13 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity. Amen, Amen.