Psalms 41:13 - Prayer Tents

The Psalmist in Sickness Complains of Enemies and False Friends.

41BLESSED (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.H5329H4210H1732H835H7919H1800H3068H4422H3117H7451 2The 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.H3068H8104H2421H833H776H5414H5315H341 3The 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.H3068H5582H6210H1741H2015H4904H2483 4I said, Lord, be merciful {and} gracious to me; heal my inner self, for I have sinned against You.H559H3068H2603H7495H5315H2398 5My enemies speak evil of me, [saying], When will he die and his name perish?H341H559H7451H4191H8034H6 6And 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.H935H7200H1696H7723H3820H6908H205H3318H2351H1696 7All who hate me whisper together about me; against me do they devise my hurt [imagining the worst for me].H8130H3907H3162H2803H7451 8An 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.H1100H1697H3332H7901H6965H3254 9Even 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.H7965H376H982H398H3899H1431H6119 10But You, O Lord, be merciful {and} gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.H3068H2603H6965H7999 11By this I know that You favor {and} delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.H3045H2654H341H7321 12And as for me, You have upheld me in my integrity and set me in Your presence forever.H8551H8537H5324H6440H5769 13Blessed 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).H1288H3068H430H3478H5769H5769H543H543