{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/41","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T06:38:20.598Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":41,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":40,"nextChapter":42,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor : the Lord will deliver him in the evil day. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth : and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow : thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me : heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish? "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things : his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"All my enemies whispered together against me : they devised evils to me. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"They determined against me an unjust word : shall he that sleepeth rise again no more? "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For even the man of peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again : and I will requite them. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me : because my enemy shall not rejoice over me. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence : and hast established me in thy sight for ever. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Blessed by the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 41 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 41](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/41)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/41 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}