{"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/kjv/psalms/41","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:12:07.622Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":41,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":40,"nextChapter":42,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} Blessed <i>is</i> he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; <i>and</i> he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And if he come to see <i>me</i>, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; <i>when</i> he goeth abroad, he telleth <i>it</i>."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"An evil disease, <i>say they</i>, cleaveth fast unto him: and <i>now</i> 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 <i>his</i> heel against me."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"By this I know that thou favourest 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 <i>be</i> the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 41 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 41](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/41)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/41 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}