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Psalm 41

Assurance of God’s Help and a Plea for Healing

To the leader. A Psalm of David.
¹ Happy are those who consider the poor;^*
   the Lord delivers them in the day of trouble.
² The Lord protects them and keeps them alive;
   they are called happy in the land.
   You do not give them up to the will of their enemies.
³ The Lord sustains them on their sickbed;
   in their illness you heal all their infirmities.^*

⁴ As for me, I said, ‘O Lord, be gracious to me;
   heal me, for I have sinned against you.’
⁵ My enemies wonder in malice
   when I will die, and my name perish.
⁶ And when they come to see me, they utter empty words,
   while their hearts gather mischief;
   when they go out, they tell it abroad.
⁷ All who hate me whisper together about me;
   they imagine the worst for me.

⁸ They think that a deadly thing has fastened on me,
   that I will not rise again from where I lie.
⁹ Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted,
   who ate of my bread, has lifted the heel against me.
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 are pleased with me;
   because my enemy has not triumphed over me.
¹² But you have upheld me because of my integrity,
   and set me in your presence for ever.

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

Psalm 52

Judgement on the Deceitful

To the leader. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul and said to him, ‘David has come to the house of Ahimelech.’
¹ Why do you boast, O mighty one,
   of mischief done against the godly?^*
   All day long ²you are plotting destruction.
Your tongue is like a sharp razor,
   you worker of treachery.
³ You love evil more than good,
   and lying more than speaking the truth.
          Selah
⁴ You love all words that devour,
   O deceitful tongue.

⁵ But God will break you down for ever;
   he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
   he will uproot you from the land of the living.
          Selah
⁶ The righteous will see, and fear,
   and will laugh at the evildoer,^* saying,
⁷ ‘See the one who would not take
   refuge in God,
but trusted in abundant riches,
   and sought refuge in wealth!’^*

⁸ But I am like a green olive tree
   in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
   for ever and ever.
⁹ I will thank you for ever,
   because of what you have done.
In the presence of the faithful
   I will proclaim^* your name, for it is good.