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41:1  Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is he who considers the weak and the poor; the Lord will deliver him in the time of evil and trouble.
41:2  The Lord will protect him and keep him alive; he shall be called blessed in the land; and You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
41:3  The Lord will sustain, refresh, and strengthen him on his bed of languishing; all his bed You [O Lord] will turn, change, and transform in his illness.
41:4  I said, Lord, be merciful and gracious to me; heal my inner self, for I have sinned against You.
41:5  My enemies speak evil of me, [saying], When will he die and his name perish?
41:6  And when one comes to see me, he speaks falsehood and empty words, while his heart gathers mischievous gossip [against me]; when he goes away, he tells it abroad.
41:7  All who hate me whisper together about me; against me do they devise my hurt [imagining the worst for me].
41:8  An evil disease, say they, is poured out upon him and cleaves fast to him; and now that he is bedfast, he will not rise up again.
41:9  Even my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted (relied on and was confident), who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
41:10  But You, O Lord, be merciful and gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
41:11  By this I know that You favor and delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.
41:12  And as for me, You have upheld me in my integrity and set me in Your presence forever.
41:13  Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting [from this age to the next, and forever]! Amen and Amen (so be it).