Psalm 41 HCSB NLT Parallel

◄ Psalm 41 ►

Holman Christian Standard Bible

New Living Translation

1For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. Happy is one who cares for the poor; the LORD will save him in a day of adversity.

1Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor! The LORD rescues them when they are in trouble.

2The LORD will keep him and preserve him; he will be blessed in the land. You will not give him over to the desire of his enemies.

2The LORD protects them and keeps them alive. He gives them prosperity in the land and rescues them from their enemies.

3The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed; You will heal him on the bed where he lies.

3The LORD nurses them when they are sick and restores them to health.

4I said, " LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You."

4“O LORD,” I prayed, “have mercy on me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

5My enemies speak maliciously about me:" When will he die and be forgotten?"

5But my enemies say nothing but evil about me. “How soon will he die and be forgotten?” they ask.

6When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully; he stores up evil in his heart; he goes out and talks.

6They visit me as if they were my friends, but all the while they gather gossip, and when they leave, they spread it everywhere.

7All who hate me whisper together about me; they plan to harm me."

7All who hate me whisper about me, imagining the worst.

8Lethal poison has been poured into him, and he won't rise again from where he lies!"

8“He has some fatal disease,” they say. “He will never get out of that bed!”

9Even my friend in whom I trusted, one who ate my bread, has raised his heel against me.

9Even my best friend, the one I trusted completely, the one who shared my food, has turned against me.

10But You, LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up; then I will repay them.

10LORD, have mercy on me. Make me well again, so I can pay them back!

11By this I know that You delight in me: my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

11I know you are pleased with me, for you have not let my enemies triumph over me.

12You supported me because of my integrity and set me in Your presence forever.

12You have preserved my life because I am innocent; you have brought me into your presence forever.

13May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and amen.

13Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who lives from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and amen!