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Psalms 41

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    WEBFor the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
    KJVTo the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
  2. 2
    WEBYahweh 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.
    KJVThe LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
  3. 3
    WEBYahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
    KJVThe LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
  4. 4
    WEBI said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
    KJVI said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
  5. 5
    WEBMy enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
    KJVMine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
  6. 6
    WEBIf he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
    KJVAnd if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
  7. 7
    WEBAll who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
    KJVAll that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
  8. 8
    WEB“An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”
    KJVAn evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
  9. 9
    WEBYes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
    KJVYea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
  10. 10
    WEBBut you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
    KJVBut thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
  11. 11
    WEBBy this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.
    KJVBy this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
  12. 12
    WEBAs for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
    KJVAnd as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
  13. 13
    WEBBlessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.
    KJVBlessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
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