Psalms 40:1-10

¹(41) For the end, a Psalm of David. Blessed is the man who thinks, on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.

²May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy.

³May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; you have made all his bed in his sickness.

⁴I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against you.

⁵Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish?

⁶And if he came to see me, his heart spoke vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like manner.

⁷All my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt.

⁸They denounced a wicked word against me, saying, Now that he lies, shall he not rise up again?

⁹For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁰But you, O Lord, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite them.