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Psalm 41

¹Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
²The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
³The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
⁴I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
⁵Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
⁶And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
⁷All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
⁸An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
⁹Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
¹⁰But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
¹¹By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
¹²And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
¹³Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

²²The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
²³It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
²⁴The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
²⁵As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
²⁶As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
²⁷The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
²⁸The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
²⁹The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

¹²Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
¹³For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
¹⁴Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
¹⁵That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
¹⁶Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
¹⁷Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
¹⁸For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.