Psalms 41

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 [For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] Blessed is anyone who cares for the poor and the weak; in timeof trouble Yahweh rescues him.	1 Unto the end. The understanding of the sons of Korah.
2 Yahweh protects him, gives him life and happiness on earth. Do not abandon him to his enemies'pleasure!	2 As the deer longs for fountains of water, so my soul longs for you, O God.
3 Yahweh sustains him on his bed of sickness; you transform altogether the bed where he lies sick.	3 My soul has thirsted for the strong living God. When will I draw close and appear before the face of God?
4 For my part I said, 'Yahweh, take pity on me! Cure me for I have sinned against you.'	4 My tears have been my bread, day and night. Meanwhile, it is said to me daily: “Where is your God?”
5 My enemies speak to me only of disaster, 'When wil he die and his name disappear?'	5 These things I have remembered; and my soul within me, I have poured out. For I will cross into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, all the way to the house of God, with a voice of exultation and confession, the sound of feasting.
6 When people come to see me their talk is hol ow, when they get out they spread the news with spite intheir hearts.	6 Why are you sad, my soul? And why do you disquiet me? Hope in God, for I will still confess to him: the salvation of my countenance,
7 Al who hate me whisper together about me and reckon I deserve the misery I suffer.	7 and my God. My soul has been troubled within myself. Because of this, I will remember you from the land of the Jordan and from Hermon, from the little mountain.
8 'A fatal sickness has a grip on him; now that he is down, he will never get up again.'	8 Abyss calls upon abyss, with the voice of your floodgate. All your heights and your waves have passed over me.
9 Even my trusted friend on whom I relied, who shared my table, takes advantage of me.	9 In the daylight, the Lord has ordered his mercy; and in the night, a canticle to him. With me is a prayer to the God of my life.
10 But you, Yahweh, take pity on me! Put me on my feet and I wil give them their due.	10 I will say to God, “You are my supporter. Why have you forgotten me? And why do I walk in mourning, while my adversary afflicts me?”
11 This wil convince me that you delight in me, if my enemy no longer exults over me.	11 While my bones are being broken, my enemies, who trouble me, have reproached me. Meanwhile, they say to me every single day, “Where is your God?”
12 Then you wil keep me unscathed, and set me in your presence for ever.	12 My soul, why are you saddened? And why do you disquiet me? Hope in God, for I will still confess to him: the salvation of my countenance and my God.
13 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity. Amen, Amen.