Psalms 41:10
But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up,
What it says
David asks the LORD to be gracious, raise him up, and enable him to answer his enemies.
What it is doing
This verse begins the turn from injury toward hoped-for vindication.
In context
1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 2The LORD will protect and preserve him; 3The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness 4I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; 5My enemies say with malice: 6My visitor speaks falsehood; 7All who hate me whisper against me; 8“A vile disease has been poured into him; 9Even my close friend whom I trusted, 10But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, 11By this I know that You delight in me, 12In my integrity You uphold me 13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,