Глава 41

1. ¶ BLESSED is he who looks after the poor; the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
2. The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive, and he shall bless him upon the earth; he will not deliver him into the hands of his enemies.
3. The LORD will strengthen him upon his sick bed; he will wholly recover from his illness.
4. I have said, Thou art my LORD, be merciful unto me and heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.
5. ¶ Mine enemies speak evil of me: When shall he die, and his name perish?
6. When they come to see me, they speak falsely and their hearts devise evil; they go out into the street and gossip about me.
7. All that hate me whisper together about me; they devise evil against me.
8. They conceive unjust accusations against me; they say, Now that he lies sick in his bed, he shall rise up no more.
9. Yea, even the man who visits me, in whom I trust, who eats my bread and whom I trust, betrays me.
10. But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me and heal me, that I may repay them.
11. By this I know that thou art pleased with me, because mine enemy doth not irk me.
12. And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
13. Blessed is the LORD God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and Amen.