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href="../psalms/40.htm" title="Psalm 40">◄</a> Psalm 41 <a href="../psalms/42.htm" title="Psalm 42">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/41.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="d">For the choir director: A psalm of David.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/41-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor!</p><p class="line2">The LORD rescues them when they are in trouble.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/41-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The LORD protects them</p><p class="line2">and keeps them alive.</p><p class="line1">He gives them prosperity in the land</p><p class="line2">and rescues them from their enemies.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/41-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The LORD nurses them when they are sick</p><p class="line2">and restores them to health.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/41-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“O LORD,” I prayed, “have mercy on me.</p><p class="line2">Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/41-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But my enemies say nothing but evil about me.</p><p class="line2">“How soon will he die and be forgotten?” they ask.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/41-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They visit me as if they were my friends,</p><p class="line2">but all the while they gather gossip,</p><p class="line2">and when they leave, they spread it everywhere.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/41-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>All who hate me whisper about me,</p><p class="line2">imagining the worst.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/41-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“He has some fatal disease,” they say.</p><p class="line2">“He will never get out of that bed!”</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/41-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Even my best friend, the one I trusted completely,</p><p class="line2">the one who shared my food, has turned against me.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/41-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>LORD, have mercy on me.</p><p class="line2">Make me well again, so I can pay them back!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/41-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I know you are pleased with me,</p><p class="line2">for you have not let my enemies triumph over me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/41-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You have preserved my life because I am innocent;</p><p class="line2">you have brought me into your presence forever.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/41-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Praise the LORD, the God of Israel,</p><p class="line2">who lives from everlasting to everlasting.</p><p class="line1">Amen and amen!</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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