1 Blessed is he who considers the poor.
Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
2 Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive.
He shall be blessed on the earth,
and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
3 Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed,
and restore him from his bed of illness.
4 I said, "Yahweh, have mercy on me!
Heal me, for I have sinned against you."
5 My enemies speak evil against me:
"When will he die, and his name perish?"
6 If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood.
His heart gathers iniquity to itself.
When he goes abroad, he tells it.
7 All 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."
9 Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,
who ate bread with me,
has lifted up his heel against me.
10 But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up,
that I may repay them.
11 By this I know that you delight in me,
because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.
12 As for me, you uphold me in my integrity,
and set me in your presence forever.
13 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
from everlasting and to everlasting!
Amen and amen.
1 Vir die musiekleier. 'n Psalm van Dawid.
2 Welgeluksalig is hy wat ag gee op die arme; die HERE sal hom red in die dag van onheil.
3 Die HERE sal hom bewaar en hom in die lewe hou; hy sal gelukkig gemaak word op die aarde. Ja, U kan hom nie oorgee aan die begeerte van sy vyande nie.
4 Die HERE sal hom ondersteun op die siekbed; sy hele slaapplek verander U as hy krank is.
5 Âk het gesê: o HERE, wees my genadig! Genees my, want ek het teen U gesondig.
6 My vyande spreek kwaad van my en sê: Wanneer sal hy sterwe en sy naam vergaan?
7 En as iemand kom om my te sien, dan praat hy leuens; sy hart vergader boosheid vir hom; gaan hy uit na buite, dan spreek hy daarvan.
8 Al my haters tesame fluister onder mekaar teen my; teen my bedink hulle my onheil en sê:
9 Iets skandeliks is op hom uitgestort; en nou dat hy lê, sal hy nie weer opstaan nie.
10 Selfs die man wat met my in vrede lewe, op wie ek vertrou het, wat my brood eet, het die hakskeen teen my opgelig.
11 Maar U, o HERE, wees my genadig en rig my op, dat ek hulle dit kan vergelde!
12 Hieraan weet ek dat U 'n welbehae in my het: dat my vyand oor my nie juig nie.
13 My tog, in my opregtheid ondersteun U my, en stel my voor u aangesig tot in ewigheid. [ (Psalms 41:14) Geloofd sy die HERE, die God van Israel, van ewigheid tot in ewigheid! Amen, ja amen. ]