Psalms 40

Septuagint (LXX2012) 40 compared with King James Version 41

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¹(41) For the end, a Psalm of David. Blessed [is the man] who thinks, on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.

¹Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

²May the Lord preserve himand keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy.

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.

³May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; you have made all his bed in his sickness.

³The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

⁴I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against you.

⁴I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

⁵Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, [saying], When shall he die, and his name perish?

⁵Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

⁶And if he came to see [me], his heart spoke vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like manner.

⁶And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

⁷All my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt.

⁷All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

⁸They denounced a wicked word against me, [saying], Now that he lies, shall he not rise up again?

⁸An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

⁹For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, lifted up [his] heel against me.

⁹Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁰But you, O Lord, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite them.

¹⁰But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

¹¹By this I know that you have delighted in me, because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.

¹¹By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

¹²But you did help me because of [my] innocence, and have established me before you for ever.

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. So be it, so be it.

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