2 Blessed is he who thinketh of the poor [and needy]! In the day of trouble the Lord will deliver him.

3 The Lord shall preserve him, and preserve his life; blessed shall he be on earth. And you will not give him up to the will of his enemies.

4 The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of sickness. Thou shalt change all his bed in his sickness.

5 I said, "Lord! have mercy on me, heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee.

6 My enemies say evil things about me: "When shall he die, and his name perish?"

7 And if any man come to see me, he speaketh a lie; His heart contains unrighteousness in itself, and he goes out and interprets.

8 All those who hate me whisper among themselves against me, plotting evil against me;

9 "The word of Belial came upon him; he lay down; he shall rise no more."

10 Even the man who was at peace with me, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, lifted up his heel against me.

11 But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up, and I will repay them.

12 Wherefore I shall know that thou wilt be pleased with me, if my enemy do not triumph over me,

13 but thou shalt keep me whole, and shalt thou set me before thy face for ever.

14 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting. Amen, amen!

Psalm 41

1 To the head of the choir. Teaching. The sons of Korah.

2 As a deer longeth for streams of water, so my soul longeth unto thee, O God!

3 My soul thirsts for the strong and living God: when I come and appear before the face of God!

4 My tears were bread to me day and night, when they said to me all day long, Where is thy God?

5 Remembering these things, I pour out my soul, because I walked in the multitude, and entered with them into the house of God, with a voice of joy and praise of the celebrating assembly.

6 Why are you discouraged, O my soul, and why are you troubled? Trust in God, for I will still glorify Him, my Saviour and my God.

7 My soul is weary within me; therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, from Hermon, from Mount Zoar.