{"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/erv/psalms/41","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T02:39:20.630Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":41,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":40,"nextChapter":42,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed upon the earth; and deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The LORD will support him upon the couch of languishing: thou makest all his bed in his sickness."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I said, O LORD, have mercy upon me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity; his heart gathereth iniquity to itself: when he goeth abroad, he telleth it."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But thou, O LORD, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, that I may requite them."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"By this I know that thou delightest in me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 41 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 41](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/41)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/41 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}