Psalms 41:1-8

¹To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the time of trouble.

²The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

³The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

⁴I said, LORD, be merciful to me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

⁵My enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

⁶And if he cometh to see me , he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it .

⁷All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

⁸An evil disease, say they , cleaveth fast to him: and now that he lieth he shall rise no more.