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41 [1] **For the chief musician, a psalm by David. **
[2] **Happy is one who attends to the helpless. ***Maskil*, translated here as “one who attends to,” more literally means “one who shows understanding for.” The psalmist speaks of a person who not only aids the sick but does so with sensitivity, in a way that maximizes benefit and minimizes embarrassment and shame.** The Lord will deliver him in times of trouble.**
[3] **The Lord will preserve him and sustain him, and he will be made happy on earth. You will not give him over to the will **and evil desires** of his enemies. **
[4] **The Lord will support him on his sickbed;** **You change his bedding during his illness. **God will see to it that he is cared for in his own illness. Changing the bed linens is just one example of how to aid a sick person.
[5] **As for me, I said: Lord, be gracious to me; heal my soul, for I have sinned against You. **Although I have sinned against You and realize that I deserve to be punished for my sins, I still pray to You to grant me recovery.
[6] **My enemies, **under the impression that I am mortally ill,** speak evil against me, saying: When will he die, and his name be lost? **
[7] **And if someone comes to see me, **ostensibly for a thoughtful visit, **he speaks **his words of encouragement **falsely. **For in reality, **his heart gathers wickedness **that he does not speak out loud;** **only **when he goes outside, he speaks of it **to others.** **
[8] **Together, all my enemies are whispering about me **and my dire situation,** considering the evil that has befallen me. **
[9] This is what they are saying:** An incurable, evil **illness **has taken hold of him; now that he is bedridden, he will never rise again. **
[10] **Even my ally, whom I trusted, he who partook of my bread **and was thereby graciously sustained by me, **has lifted his heel against me, **as if ready to trample me.
[11] **But may You, Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up **from this sickbed,** so I might pay them back. **
[12] **Then I will know You have favored me, for **then **my enemy will not **have occasion to **shout in triumph over me **any longer.** **
[13] **And I, in my innocence, You have supported me; You have kept me upright before You always. **
[14] This verse concludes the first of the five books of Psalms: **Blessed is the Lord, God of Israel, from eternity to eternity, **in all times, **amen and amen. **
Version: The Steinsaltz Tanakh - English
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