Psalm 41Psalms41

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. Victory over Betrayal

   (John 13:18–30)

2. 1BSBFor the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.KJVKJV: To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
3. 2BSBThe LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes.KJVKJV: The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
4. 3BSBThe LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.KJVKJV: The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
5. 4BSBI said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”KJVKJV: I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
6. 5BSBMy enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”KJVKJV: Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
7. 6BSBMy visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.KJVKJV: And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
8. 7BSBAll who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:KJVKJV: All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
9. 8BSB“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”KJVKJV: An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
10. 9BSBEven my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.KJVKJV: Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
11. 10BSBBut You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.KJVKJV: But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
12. 11BSBBy this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.KJVKJV: By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
13. 12BSBIn my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.KJVKJV: And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
14. 13BSBBlessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.KJVKJV: Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.