Psalms 41

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.	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 Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor : the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.	2 Yahweh protects him, gives him life and happiness on earth. Do not abandon him to his enemies'pleasure!
3 The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth : and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.	3 Yahweh sustains him on his bed of sickness; you transform altogether the bed where he lies sick.
4 The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow : thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.	4 For my part I said, 'Yahweh, take pity on me! Cure me for I have sinned against you.'
5 I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me : heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.	5 My enemies speak to me only of disaster, 'When wil he die and his name disappear?'
6 My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish?	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 if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things : his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.	7 Al who hate me whisper together about me and reckon I deserve the misery I suffer.
8 All my enemies whispered together against me : they devised evils to me.	8 'A fatal sickness has a grip on him; now that he is down, he will never get up again.'
9 They determined against me an unjust word : shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?	9 Even my trusted friend on whom I relied, who shared my table, takes advantage of me.
10 For even the man of peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me.	10 But you, Yahweh, take pity on me! Put me on my feet and I wil give them their due.
11 But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again : and I will requite them.	11 This wil convince me that you delight in me, if my enemy no longer exults over me.
12 By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me : because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.	12 Then you wil keep me unscathed, and set me in your presence for ever.
13 But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence : and hast established me in thy sight for ever.	13 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity. Amen, Amen.
14 Blessed by the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.