Psalms [Praises] 41:4-11

⁴I said, “Adonai , have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

⁵My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”

⁶If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

⁷All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

⁸“An evil disease,” they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”

⁹Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁰But you, Adonai , have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.

¹¹By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.