Psalms 41:1 (ASV)
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

Psalms 41:2 (ASV)
Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.

Psalms 41:3 (ASV)
Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his sickness.

Psalms 41:4 (ASV)
I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me: Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

Psalms 41:5 (ASV)
Mine enemies speak evil against me, `saying', When will he die, and his name perish?

Psalms 41:6 (ASV)
And if he come to see `me', he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

Psalms 41:7 (ASV)
All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.

Psalms 41:8 (ASV)
An evil disease, `say they', cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

Psalms 41:9 (ASV)
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.

Psalms 41:10 (ASV)
But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.

Psalms 41:11 (ASV)
By this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

Psalms 41:12 (ASV)
And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.

Psalms 41:13 (ASV)
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
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