Psalm 41-Prayer in Sickness and Betrayal

Happy those who consider the poor and the weak.
The LORD will save them in the evil day,*
    will guard them, give them life, make them
    happy in the land and will not give them up to the will of their foes.
The LORD will give them strength in their pain,*
    will bring them back from sickness to health.

As for me, I said "LORD, have mercy on me,*
    heal my soul for I have sinned against you."
My foes are speaking evil against me.*
    They want me to die and my name to perish.
They come to visit me and speak empty words,*
    their hearts full of malice, they spread it abroad.

My enemies whisper together against me.*
    They all weigh up the evil which is on me.
They say something deadly is fixed upon me*
    and I will not rise from where I lie.
Thus even my friend, in whom I trusted,*
    who ate my bread, has turned against me.

But you, O LORD, have mercy on me.*
    Let me rise once more and I will repay them.
By this I shall know that you are my friend,*
    if my foes do not shout in triumph over me.
If you uphold me I shall be unharmed*
    and set in your presence for evermore.

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel*
    from age to age. Amen. Amen.