Psalm 41

Victory over Betrayal

(John 13:18–30)

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

¹ Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.

² The 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.

³ The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.

⁴ I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”

⁵ My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”

⁶ My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.

⁷ All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:

⁸ “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”

⁹ Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.¹

¹⁰ But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.

¹¹ By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

¹² In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.

¹³ Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.