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1 ((To the chanter, a Psalm of David.)) Blessed is he, that considereth the poor: the LORD shall deliver him in the time of trouble.
2 The LORD shall preserve him, and keep him alive: he shall make him to prosper upon earth, and shall not deliver him into the will of his enemies.
3 The LORD shall refresh him, when he lieth sick upon his bed, yea thou makest his bed in all his sickness.
4 I said: LORD be merciful unto me, heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.
5 Mine enemies speak evil upon me: when shall he die, and his name perish?
6 Though he came in to see, yet meaned he falsity |falsede| in his heart, heaping mischief upon himself.
7 All they that hate me, run together against me, and imagine evil against me.
8 They have given a wicked sentence upon me: when he lieth, he shall rise up no more.
9 Yea even mine own familiar friend, whom I trusted, which did eat my bread, hath lift up his heel against me.
10 But be thou merciful unto me (O LORD) raise thou me up, and I shall reward them.
11 By this I know thou favourest me, that my enemy shall not triumph over me.
12 Thou hast upholden me because of my innocency, and set me before thy face for ever.
13 O blessed be the LORD God of Israel, from hence forth and for evermore. Amen. Amen.

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Hebrew interlinear — Psalms 41:1–13 (114 words)
1
  1. אַ֭שְׁרֵיʾašrêesher: happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!H835
  2. מַשְׂכִּ֣ילmaśkîlsakal: to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligentH7919
  3. אֶלʾelel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
  4. דָּ֑לdāldal: (properly) dangling; (by implication) weak or thinH1800
  5. בְּי֥וֹםbĕyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  6. רָ֝עָ֗הrāʿâra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
  7. יְֽמַלְּטֵ֥הוּyĕmallĕṭēhûmalat: (properly) to be smooth; (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness)H4422
  8. יְהוָֽה׃yĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
2
  1. יְהוָ֤ה׀yĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  2. יִשְׁמְרֵ֣הוּyišmĕrēhûshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
  3. וִֽ֭יחַיֵּהוּwîḥayyēhûchayah: to live, whether literally or figurativelyH2421
  4. יְאֻשַּׁ֣רyĕʾuššarashar: to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy)H833
  5. בָּאָ֑רֶץbāʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  6. וְאַֽלwĕʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  7. תִּ֝תְּנֵ֗הוּtittĕnēhûnathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  8. בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁbĕnepešnephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  9. אֹיְבָֽיו׃ʾôybāywoyeb: hating; an adversaryH341
3
  1. יְֽהוָ֗הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  2. יִ֭סְעָדֶנּוּyisʿādennûca`ad: to suport (mostly figurative)H5582
  3. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  4. עֶ֣רֶשׂʿereś`eres: a couch (properly, with a canopy)H6210
  5. דְּוָ֑יdĕwāydvay: sickness; (figuratively) loathingH1741
  6. כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  7. מִ֝שְׁכָּב֗וֹmiškābômishkab: a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleepH4904
  8. הָפַ֥כְתָּhāpaktāhaphak: to turn about or over; (by implication) to change, overturn, return, pervertH2015
  9. בְחָלְיֽוֹ׃bĕḥolyôcholiy: malady, anxiety, calamityH2483
4
  1. אֲֽנִיʾănîaniy: IH589
  2. אָ֭מַרְתִּיʾāmartîamar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  3. יְהוָ֣הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  4. חָנֵּ֑נִיḥonnēnîchanan: (properly) to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferiorH2603
  5. רְפָאָ֥הrĕpāʾârapha': (properly) to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cureH7495
  6. נַ֝פְשִׁ֗יnapšînephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  7. כִּיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  8. חָטָ֥אתִיḥāṭāʾtîchata': (properly) to miss; (hence, figuratively and generally) to sinH2398
5
  1. אוֹיְבַ֗יʾôybayoyeb: hating; an adversaryH341
  2. יֹאמְר֣וּyōʾmĕrûamar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  3. רַ֣עraʿra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
  4. לִ֑יlî
  5. מָתַ֥יmātaymathay: (properly) extent (of time)H4970
  6. יָ֝מ֗וּתyāmûtmuwth: (literally or figuratively) to die; (causatively) to killH4191
  7. וְאָבַ֥דwĕʾābadabad: (properly) to wander away, i.e. lose oneselfH6
  8. שְׁמֽוֹ׃šĕmôshem: an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individualityH8034
6
  1. וְאִםwĕʾimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
  2. בָּ֤אbāʾbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
  3. לִרְא֨וֹת׀lirʾôtra'ah: to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and...H7200
  4. שָׁ֤וְאšāwĕʾshav': evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile)H7723
  5. יְדַבֵּ֗רyĕdabbērdabar: perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speakH1696
  6. לִבּ֗וֹlibbôleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  7. יִקְבָּץyiqbāṣqabats: to grasp, i.e. collectH6908
  8. אָ֥וֶןʾāwenaven: (strictly) nothingness; (also) trouble, vanity, wickednessH205
  9. ל֑וֹlô
  10. יֵצֵ֖אyēṣēʾyatsa': to go out; (causatively) to bring outH3318
  11. לַח֣וּץlaḥûṣchuwts: (properly) separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoorsH2351
  12. יְדַבֵּֽר׃yĕdabbērdabar: perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speakH1696
7
  1. יַ֗חַדyaḥadyachad: (properly) a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyH3162
  2. עָלַ֣יʿālay`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  3. יִ֭תְלַחֲשׁוּyitlaḥăšûlachash: to whisper; (by implication) to mumble a spell (as a magician)H3907
  4. כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  5. שֹׂנְאָ֑יśōnĕʾāysane': to hate (personally)H8130
  6. עָלַ֓י׀ʿālay`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  7. יַחְשְׁב֖וּyaḥšĕbûchashab: (properly) to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricateH2803
  8. רָעָ֣הrāʿâra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
8
  1. דְּֽבַרdĕbardabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
  2. בְּ֭לִיַּעַלbĕliyyaʿalbliya`al: without profit, worthlessnessH1100
  3. יָצ֣וּקyāṣûqyatsaq: (properly) to pour out (transitive or intransitive)H3332
  4. בּ֑וֹbô
  5. וַאֲשֶׁ֥רwaʾăšeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
  6. שָׁ֝כַ֗בšākabshakab: to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)H7901
  7. לֹאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. יוֹסִ֥יףyôsîpyacaph: to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)H3254
  9. לָקֽוּם׃lāqûmquwm: to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)H6965
9
  1. גַּםgamgam: (properly) assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, thoughH1571
  2. אִ֤ישׁʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  3. שְׁלוֹמִ֨י׀šĕlômîshalowm: safe; (figuratively) well, happy, friendlyH7965
  4. אֲשֶׁרʾăšeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
  5. בָּטַ֣חְתִּיbāṭaḥtîbatach: (properly) to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620)H982
  6. ב֭וֹbô
  7. אוֹכֵ֣לʾôkēlakal: to eat (literally or figuratively)H398
  8. לַחְמִ֑יlaḥmîlechem: food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)H3899
  9. הִגְדִּ֖ילhigdîlgadal: (properly) to twist; to be large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)H1431
  10. עָלַ֣יʿālay`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  11. עָקֵֽב׃ʿāqēb`aqeb: a heel (as protuberant); (hence) a trackH6119
10
  1. וְאַתָּ֤הwĕʾattâattah: thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youH859
  2. יְהוָ֗הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. חָנֵּ֥נִיḥonnēnîchanan: (properly) to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferiorH2603
  4. וַהֲקִימֵ֑נִיwahăqîmēnîquwm: to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)H6965
  5. וַֽאֲשַׁלְּמָ֥הwaʾăšallĕmâshalam: to be safe (in mind, body or estate); (figuratively) to be completedH7999
  6. לָהֶֽם׃lāhemhem: they (only used when emphatic)H1992
11
  1. בְּזֹ֣אתbĕzōtzo'th: this (often used adverb)H2063
  2. יָ֭דַעְתִּיyādaʿtîyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  3. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  4. חָפַ֣צְתָּḥāpaṣtāchaphets: (properly) to incline to; (by implication) (literally but rarely) to bendH2654
  5. בִּ֑יbî
  6. כִּ֤יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  7. לֹֽאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. יָרִ֖יעַyārîaʿruwa`: to mar (especially by breaking); (figuratively) to split the ears (with sound)H7321
  9. אֹיְבִ֣יʾôybîoyeb: hating; an adversaryH341
  10. עָלָֽי׃ʿālāy`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
12
  1. וַאֲנִ֗יwaʾănîaniy: IH589
  2. בְּ֭תֻמִּיbĕtummîtom: completeness; (figuratively) prosperityH8537
  3. תָּמַ֣כְתָּtāmaktātamak: to sustain; (by implication) to obtain, keep fastH8551
  4. בִּ֑יbî
  5. וַתַּצִּיבֵ֖נִיwattaṣṣîbēnînatsab: to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)H5324
  6. לְפָנֶ֣יךָlĕpānêkāpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  7. לְעוֹלָֽם׃lĕʿôlām`owlam: (properly) concealed, i.e. the vanishing pointH5769
13
  1. בָּ֘ר֤וּךְbārûkbarak: to kneel; (implication, man toward God) to bless God as an act of adorationH1288
  2. יְהוָ֨ה׀yĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤יʾĕlōhêelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
  4. יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לyiśrāʾēlYisra'el: he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478
  5. מֵֽ֭הָעוֹלָםmēhāʿôlom`owlam: (properly) concealed, i.e. the vanishing pointH5769
  6. וְעַ֥דwĕʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
  7. הָעוֹלָ֗םhāʿôlām`owlam: (properly) concealed, i.e. the vanishing pointH5769
  8. אָ֘מֵ֥ן׀ʾāmēnamen: sure; (abstract) faithfulnessH543
  9. וְאָמֵֽן׃wĕʾāmēnamen: sure; (abstract) faithfulnessH543

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Strong's words in Psalms 41 (6)
Strong's H3068 — יְהוָֽה׃ (yĕhwâ)
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 6 times in Psalms 41.
Strong's H341 — אֹיְבָֽיו׃ (ʾôybāyw)
oyeb (o-yabe') (or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}) subv. 1. hating 2. an adversary [active participle of H340] KJV: enemy, foe. Root(s): H340. Appears 3 times in Psalms 41.
Strong's H5769 — לְעוֹלָֽם׃ (lĕʿôlām)
`owlam (o-lawm') (or lolam {o-lawm'}) n-m. 1. (properly) concealed, i.e. the vanishing point 2. (generally) time out of mind (past or future) 3. (practically) eternity 4. (frequentatively, adverbially, especially with prepositional prefix) always [from H5956] KJV: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Root(s): H5956 Compare: H5331, H5703. Appears 3 times in Psalms 41.
Strong's H7451 — רָ֝עָ֗ה (rāʿâ)
ra` (rah) adj. 1. bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) [from H7489] KJV: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.). Root(s): H7489. Appears 3 times in Psalms 41.
Strong's H1696 — יְדַבֵּ֗ר (yĕdabbēr)
dabar (daw-bar') v. 1. perhaps properly, to arrange 2. but used figuratively (of words), to speak 3. rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue [a primitive root] KJV: answer, appoint, bid, command, co. Appears 2 times in Psalms 41.
Strong's H2603 — חָנֵּ֑נִי (ḥonnēnî)
chanan (khaw-nan') v. 1. (properly) to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior 2. to favor, bestow 3. causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition) [a primitive root] KJV: beseech, X fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, X very. Compare: H2583. Appears 2 times in Psalms 41.

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“[One] will not be able to merit the mercy of God who himself has not been merciful, nor will [one] gain any request from the divine love by his prayers who has not been humane toward the prayer of the poor.”

— Cyprian (3rd century) on Psalms 41:1
What the Early Church wrote about Psalms 41 (1)

  • “I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. [Psalms 41:9] Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.”

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