Thi Thiên 41

Betrayed by a friend, upheld by God

¹For the music director. A psalm of David. ²How blessed are those who care about the weak! When trouble comes, the LORD will rescue them. ³The LORD will protect them and keep them alive; they will be counted blessed in the land. Do not hand them over to the will of their enemies! ⁴The LORD will hold them up on their sickbed; when they are ill, you turn their whole bed of sickness to health. ⁵I said, “LORD, show me grace! Heal me, because it is you I have sinned against.” ⁶My enemies say cruel things about me: “When will he die and be wiped from memory?” ⁷When any of them come to visit me, they say what they do not mean, while inside they gather up bad news; then they go out and spread it. ⁸All who hate me whisper together about me; they plot harm against me, saying, ⁹“Some deadly thing has been poured into him; now that he is down, he will never get up again.” ¹⁰Even the friend I was at peace with, the one I trusted, who shared my bread, has turned his heel against me. ¹¹But you, LORD, show me grace and lift me up, so that I can pay them back. ¹²This is how I know you are pleased with me: my enemy does not get to cheer in triumph over me. ¹³As for me, you keep hold of me in my integrity and let me stand before your face for all time. ¹⁴May the LORD, the God of Israel, be blessed from ages past to ages to come! Amen and amen.