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Psalm 41

Dauid being grieuouſly afflicted, bleſſeth them that pitie his caſe, 9 And complaineth of the treaſon of his owne friends & familiars, as came to paſſe in Iudas, Iohn 13.18 After he feling the great mercies of God gently chaſtiſing him, & not ſuffering his enemies to triumph againſt him, 13 Giueth moſt hartie thankes vnto God.
To him that excelleth. A Pſalme of Dauid.
1.BLeſſed is he that iudgeth wiſely of the poore: the Lord ſhal deliuer him in the time of trouble.
2.The Lord wil kepe him, & preſerue him aliue: he ſhalbe bleſſed vpon the earth, & thou wilt not deliuer him vnto the wil of his enemies.
3.The Lord wil ſtrengthen him vpon the bed of ſorowe: thou haſt turned all his bed in his ſicknes.
4.Therefore I ſaid, Lord haue mercie vpon me: heale my ſoule, for I haue ſinned againſt thee.
5.Mine enemies ſpeake euil of me, ſaying, When ſhal he dye, and his name periſh?
6.And if he come to ſe me, he ſpeaketh lies, but his heart heapeth iniquitie within hĩ, & whẽ he cometh forthe, he telleth it.
7.All they that hate me, whiſper together againſt me: euen againſt me do they imagine mine hurt.
8.A miſchief is light vpon him, & he that lieth, ſhal no more riſe.
9.Yea, my familiar friend, whome I truſted, which did eat of my bread, hathe lifted vp the hele againſt me.
10.Therefore, ô Lord, haue mercie vpō me, & raiſe me vp: ſo I ſhal rewarde them.
11.By this I know that thou fauoreſt me, becauſe mine enemie doeth not triumph againſt me.
12.And as for me, thou vpholdeſt me in mine integritie, and doeſt ſet me before thy face for euer.
13.Bleſſed be ye Lord God of Iſraél worlde without end. So be it, euen ſo be it.

Notes

1:a.
Not cōdemning him as accurſed, whome God doeth viſite, knowing that there are diuers cauſes, why God layeth his hād vpō vs: yea, & afterwarde he reſtoreth vs.
2:b.
When for ſorow & grief of minde he caſteth him ſelf vpon his bed.
3:c.
Thou haſt reſtored him in his ſicke bed & ſet him comfort.
5:d.
That is, curſe me, and can not haue their cruel hate quēched, but with my ſhameful death.
6:e.
For pretending to cōfort me, he cōſpireth my death in his heart, & braggeth thereof.
8:f.
The enemies thoght by his ſharpe puniſhments yt God was become his mortal enemie.
9:".
Ebr. The man of my peace
9:g.
As Dauid felt this falſhod, and as it was chiefly accompliſhed in Chriſt, Iohn 13,18, ſo ſhal his mēbers cōtinually proue the ſame.
12:h.
Meaning, ether in proſperitie of life, or in ye true feare of God againſt all tentations
12:i.
Shewing me euident ſignes of thy Fatherlie prouidence.
13:k.
By this repeticion he ſtirreth vp ye faithful to praiſe God.