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The Lord keeps and preserves him,
    makes him blessed in the land,
    and does not betray him to his enemies.
The Lord sustains him on his sickbed,
    you turn down his bedding whenever he is ill.[a]

II

Even I have said, “Lord, take note of me;
    heal me, although I have sinned against you.

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Footnotes

  1. 41:4 You turn down his bedding whenever he is ill: the Hebrew is obscure. It suggests ongoing attentive care of the one who is sick.

The Lord sustains them on their sickbed(A)
    and restores them from their bed of illness.(B)

I said, “Have mercy(C) on me, Lord;
    heal(D) me, for I have sinned(E) against you.”
My enemies say of me in malice,
    “When will he die and his name perish?(F)

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