1Dichoso el que piensa en el débil; el SEÑOR lo librará en el día de la desgracia.2El SEÑOR lo protegerá y lo mantendrá con vida; lo hará dichoso en la tierra y no lo entregará al capricho de sus adversarios.3El SEÑOR lo confortará cuando esté enfermo; lo alentará en el lecho del dolor.4Yo he dicho: «SEÑOR, compadécete de mí; sáname, pues contra ti he pecado».5Con saña dicen de mí mis enemigos: «¿Cuándo se morirá? ¿Cuándo pasará al olvido?»6Si vienen a verme, no son sinceros; recogen calumnias y salen a contarlas.7Mis enemigos se juntan y cuchichean contra mí; me hacen responsable de mi mal. Dicen:8«Lo que le ha sobrevenido es cosa del demonio; de esa cama no volverá a levantarse».9Hasta mi mejor amigo, en quien yo confiaba y que compartía el pan conmigo, me ha puesto la zancadilla.10Pero tú, SEÑOR, compadécete de mí; haz que vuelva a levantarme para darles su merecido.11En esto sabré que te he agradado: en que mi enemigo no triunfe sobre mí.12Por mi integridad habrás de sostenerme, y en tu presencia me mantendrás para siempre.13Bendito sea el SEÑOR, el Dios de Israel, por los siglos de los siglos. Amén y amén.
Psalm 41
English Standard Version
O Lord, Be Gracious to Me
1To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who considers the poor![1] In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him; (Ps 37,19; Spr 14,21)2the Lord protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies. (Ps 27,12)3The Lord sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health.[2]4As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me; heal me,[3] for I have sinned against you!” (2Chr 30,20; Ps 4,1; Ps 6,2; Ps 147,3)5My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die, and his name perish?”6And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad. (Ps 12,2; Ps 144,8)7All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.[4]8They say, “A deadly thing is poured out[5] on him; he will not rise again from where he lies.”9Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me. (2Sam 15,12; Hi 19,13; Hi 19,19; Ps 55,12; Ps 55,20; Jer 9,4; Jer 20,10; Mi 7,5; Joh 13,18)10But you, O Lord, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them!11By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not shout in triumph over me. (2Sam 15,25)12But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever. (Hi 36,7; Ps 23,6; Ps 26,1; Ps 63,8)13Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen. (Ps 72,18; Ps 89,52; Ps 106,48; Ps 150,6; Lk 1,68)