Psalms 41

lamnatseakh mizmor ledavid

For the leader. A psalm of David.

ashre maskil el-dal beyom ra'ah yemalletehu Adonai

Happy is someone who is thoughtful of the wretched; in bad times may GOD keep them from harm.

Adonai yishmerehu vikhayyehu (yshr) [ve'ushar] ba'arets ve'al-tittenehu benefesh oyevayw

May GOD guard them and preserve them; and may they be thought happy in the land. Do not subject them to the will of their enemies.

Adonai yisadennu al-eres devay kol-mishkavo hafakhta vekholyo

GOD will sustain them on their sickbed; You shall wholly transform their bed of suffering.

ani-amarti Adonai khonneni refa'ah nafshi ki-khatati lakh

I said, “O ETERNAL One, have mercy on me, heal me, for I have sinned against You.”

oyevay yomeru ra li matay yamut ve'avad shemo

My enemies speak evilly of me, “When will he die and his name perish?”

ve'im-ba lirot shav yedabber libbo yiqbots-aven lo yetse lakhuts yedabber

Each of them who comes to visit speaks falsely, storing up evil thoughts— speaking them once outside.

yakhad alay yitlakhashu kol-sone'ay alay yakhshevu ra'ah li

All my enemies whisper together against me, imagining the worst for me.

devar-beliyya'al yatsuq bo va'asher shakhav lo-yosif laqum

“Something baneful has settled in him; he’ll not rise from his bed again.”

gam-ish shelomi asher-batakhti vo okhel lakhmi higdil alay aqev

My ally in whom I trusted, even someone who shares my bread, has been utterly false to me.

ve'attah Adonai khonneni vahaqimeni va'ashallemah lahem

But You, O ETERNAL One, have mercy on me; let me rise again and repay them.

bezot yadati ki-khafatsta bi ki lo-yaria oyevi alay

Then shall I know that You are pleased with me: when my enemy cannot shout in triumph over me.

va'ani betummi tamakhta bi vattatsiveni lefanekha le'olam

You will support me because of my integrity, and let me abide in Your presence forever.

barukh Adonai elohe yisra'el meha'olam ve'ad ha'olam amen ve'amen

Blessed is the ETERNAL, God of Israel, from eternity to eternity. Amen and Amen.