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41:1  (For the one directing, Mizmor of Dovid).
41:2  Blessed is he that considereth the helpless; Hashem will deliver him in time of ra’ah (evil, trouble).
41:3  Hashem will be shomer over him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed in ha’aretz; and Thou wilt not surrender him unto the desire of his enemies.
41:4  Hashem will support him upon the sickbed; in his illness, all his bedridden languishing Thou wilt change (i.e., toward recovery).
41:5  I said, Hashem, channeni (be gracious unto me); heal my nefesh; for I have sinned against Thee.
41:6  Mine enemies speak rah (evil) of me: When will he die, and shmo (his name) perish?
41:7  And if one cometh to see me, he speaketh falsely; his lev gathereth wickedness to itself; when he goeth lachutz (outside, around) he telleth it.
41:8  All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.
41:9  A thing of beliya’al (a wicked fate, i.e., a terminal illness), say they, cleaveth fast unto him, that when he lieth he shall rise up no more.
41:10  Yea, mine own ish shalom (familiar friend, close friend), in whom I trusted, which did eat of my lechem, hath lifted up his heel (i.e., deceitfully showed enmity) against me [see Yn 13:18].
41:11  But Thou, O Hashem, channeni (be gracious, merciful unto me), and raise me up, that I may repay them.
41:12  By this I know that Thou favorest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
41:13  And as for me, Thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before Thy face l’olam (forever).