## Psalms Chapter 41

###### Psalms 41:1
[Psalms 41:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/41:1)

לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor, a psalm of David.


###### Psalms 41:2
[Psalms 41:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/41:2)

אַ֭שְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּ֣יל אֶל־דָּ֑ל בְּי֥וֹם רָ֝עָ֗ה יְֽמַלְּטֵ֥הוּ יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Blessed is he who considers the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the day of evil.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Fortunate is he who attends upon the poor one [i.e., who visits the sick, viz. II Samuel 13:4]. The L rd will rescue him on a day of evil [i.e., He will rescue him from Gehinnom; and, in this life,]


###### Psalms 41:3
[Psalms 41:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/41:3)

יְהֹוָ֤ה**׀** יִשְׁמְרֵ֣הוּ וִ֭יחַיֵּהוּ (יאשר) [וְאֻשַּׁ֣ר] בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְאַֽל־תִּ֝תְּנֵ֗הוּ בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ אֹיְבָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord preserves him, and keeps him alive; he is called happy upon the earth: and Thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd will guard him and keep him in life. He will be praised throughout the land, and You will not surrender him to the will of his foes.


###### Psalms 41:4
[Psalms 41:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/41:4)

יְֽהֹוָ֗ה יִ֭סְעָדֶנּוּ עַל־עֶ֣רֶשׂ דְּוָ֑י כׇּל־מִ֝שְׁכָּב֗וֹ הָפַ֥כְתָּ בְחׇלְיֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord strengthens him upon the bed of sickness: whenever he is prostrate Thou recoverest him in his illness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd will sustain him on the couch of affliction, [even when] You have turned all of his ease [(into torture)] in his sickness.


###### Psalms 41:5
[Psalms 41:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/41:5)

אֲֽנִי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי יְהֹוָ֣ה חׇנֵּ֑נִי רְפָאָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י כִּי־חָטָ֥אתִי לָֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I said, Lord, be gracious to me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[In my sickness there are none who attend upon me, and when] I cry out: O L rd, be gracious to me, heal my soul for I have sinned to You,


###### Psalms 41:6
[Psalms 41:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/41:6)

אוֹיְבַ֗י יֹאמְר֣וּ רַ֣ע לִ֑י מָתַ֥י יָ֝מ֗וּת וְאָבַ֥ד שְׁמֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My foes speak evil for me: "When will he die and his name go lost!"


###### Psalms 41:7
[Psalms 41:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/41:7)

וְאִם־בָּ֤א לִרְא֨וֹת**׀** שָׁ֤וְא יְדַבֵּ֗ר לִבּ֗וֹ יִקְבׇּץ־אָ֥וֶן ל֑וֹ יֵצֵ֖א לַח֣וּץ יְדַבֵּֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And if one comes to see me, he speaks vanity: his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes abroad, he tells it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And if [one] comes to see [me], he speaks falsely [(feigning sorrow)], his heart [all the while] gathering [thoughts of] iniquity for himself, and, when he goes out, speaking [them].


###### Psalms 41:8
[Psalms 41:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/41:8)

יַ֗חַד עָלַ֣י יִ֭תְלַחֲשׁוּ כׇּל־שֹׂנְאָ֑י עָלַ֓י**׀** יַחְשְׁב֖וּ רָעָ֣ה לִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
All that hate me whisper together against me: against me they devise my hurt.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
All of my enemies whisper together against me, contemplating evil for me, [viz.]:


###### Psalms 41:9
[Psalms 41:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/41:9)

דְּֽבַר־בְּ֭לִיַּעַל יָצ֣וּק בּ֑וֹ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁ֝כַ֗ב לֹא־יוֹסִ֥יף לָקֽוּם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
An evil disease, say they, cleaves fast to him: and from where he lies he shall rise up no more.


###### Psalms 41:10
[Psalms 41:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/41:10)

גַּם־אִ֤ישׁ שְׁלוֹמִ֨י**׀** אֲשֶׁר־בָּטַ֣חְתִּי ב֭וֹ אוֹכֵ֣ל לַחְמִ֑י הִגְדִּ֖יל עָלַ֣י עָקֵֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Even my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who did eat of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Even my ally, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has spread an ambush against me.


###### Psalms 41:11
[Psalms 41:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/41:11)

וְאַתָּ֤ה יְהֹוָ֗ה חׇנֵּ֥נִי וַהֲקִימֵ֑נִי וַאֲשַׁלְּמָ֥ה לָהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But Thou, O Lord, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may pay them back.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And You, O L rd, be gracious to me, and raise me up, and I shall repay them.


###### Psalms 41:12
[Psalms 41:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/41:12)

בְּזֹ֣את יָ֭דַעְתִּי כִּֽי־חָפַ֣צְתָּ בִּ֑י כִּ֤י לֹֽא־יָרִ֖יעַ אֹיְבִ֣י עָלָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
By this I know that Thou favourest me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
By this I will know that You desired me — when my foes do not exult over me,


###### Psalms 41:13
[Psalms 41:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/41:13)

וַאֲנִ֗י בְּ֭תֻמִּי תָּמַ֣כְתָּ בִּ֑י וַתַּצִּיבֵ֖נִי לְפָנֶ֣יךָ לְעוֹלָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And as for me, Thou upholdest me in my integrity, and settest me before Thy face for ever.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And [then I will see] that You sustained me in my innocence and set me before You forever.


###### Psalms 41:14
[Psalms 41:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/41:14)

בָּ֘ר֤וּךְ יְהֹוָ֨ה**׀** אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵֽ֭הָעוֹלָם וְעַ֥ד הָעוֹלָ֗ם אָ֘מֵ֥ן׀וְאָמֵֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Yisra᾽el from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[When I rise from my illness, I will bless You thus:] Blessed is the L rd, the G d of Israel, from one end of the world until the other — Amen, Amen.