Psalms 41

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.	1 Unto the end. The understanding of the sons of Korah.
2 Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor : the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.	2 As the deer longs for fountains of water, so my soul longs for you, O God.
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 My soul has thirsted for the strong living God. When will I draw close and appear before the face of God?
4 The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow : thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.	4 My tears have been my bread, day and night. Meanwhile, it is said to me daily: “Where is your God?”
5 I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me : heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.	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 My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish?	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 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 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 All my enemies whispered together against me : they devised evils to me.	8 Abyss calls upon abyss, with the voice of your floodgate. All your heights and your waves have passed over me.
9 They determined against me an unjust word : shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?	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 For even the man of peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted 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?”
11 But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again : and I will requite them.	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 By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me : because my enemy shall not rejoice 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.
13 But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence : and hast established me in thy sight for ever.
14 Blessed by the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.