Psalms 41

¹Blessed is he that considereth the poor:

²The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive;

³The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing:

⁴I said, Lord, be merciful unto me:

⁵Mine enemies speak evil of me,

⁶And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity:

⁷All that hate me whisper together against me:

⁸An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him:

⁹Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,

¹⁰But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me,

¹¹By this I know that thou favourest me,

¹²And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity,

¹³Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.