Salmos 41

The Blessing and Suffering of the Godly

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

1 Blessed is he who considers the poor;

The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

2 The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive,

And he will be blessed on the earth;

*Ps. 27:12You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

3 The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness;

You will sustain him on his sickbed.

4 I said, "Lord, be merciful to me;

*Ps. 6:2; 103:3; 147:3Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You."

5 My enemies speak evil of me:

"When will he die, and his name perish?"

6 And if he comes to see me, he speaks lies;

His heart gathers iniquity to itself;

When he goes out, he tells it.

7 All who hate me whisper together against me;

Against me they devise my hurt.

8 "An evil disease," theysay, "clings to him.

And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more."

9 *2 Sam. 15:12; Job 19:13, 19Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted,

*Ps. 55:12–14, 20; Jer. 20:10; Obad. 7; (Mic. 7:5); Matt. 26:14–16, 21–25, 47–50; John 13:18, 21–30; Acts 1:16, 17Who ate my bread,

Has lifted up his heel against me.

10 But You, O Lord, be merciful to me, and raise me up,

That I may repay them.

11 By this I know that You are well pleased with me,

Because my enemy does not triumph over me.

12 As for me, You uphold me in my integrity,

And *(Job 36:7; Ps. 21:6; 34:15)set me before Your face forever.

13 *Ps. 72:18, 19; 89:52; 106:48; 150:6Blessed be the Lord God of Israel

From everlasting to everlasting!

Amen and Amen.