Psalms 41

Catholic Public Domain Bible	New Jerusalem Bible
¹ Unto the end. The understanding of the sons of Korah.	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 As the deer longs for fountains of water, so my soul longs for you, O God.	² Yahweh protects him, gives him life and happiness on earth. Do not abandon him to his enemies'pleasure!
³ My soul has thirsted for the strong living God. When will I draw close and appear before the face of God?	³ Yahweh sustains him on his bed of sickness; you transform altogether the bed where he lies sick.
⁴ My tears have been my bread, day and night. Meanwhile, it is said to me daily: “Where is your God?”	⁴ For my part I said, 'Yahweh, take pity on me! Cure me for I have sinned against you.'
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.	⁵ My enemies speak to me only of disaster, 'When wil he die and his name disappear?'
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,	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 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.	⁷ Al who hate me whisper together about me and reckon I deserve the misery I suffer.
⁸ Abyss calls upon abyss, with the voice of your floodgate. All your heights and your waves have passed over me.	⁸ 'A fatal sickness has a grip on him; now that he is down, he will never get up again.'
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.	⁹ Even my trusted friend on whom I relied, who shared my table, takes advantage of me.
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?”	¹⁰ But you, Yahweh, take pity on me! Put me on my feet and I wil give them their due.
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?”	¹¹ This wil convince me that you delight in me, if my enemy no longer exults over me.
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.	¹² Then you wil keep me unscathed, and set me in your presence for ever.
	¹³ Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity. Amen, Amen.