Psalm 41

It opens with a blessing on whoever cares for the poor, and then David is the weak one: sick, visited by false friends who gossip about his death, and betrayed by "my close friend... who shared my bread." Jesus applies verse 9 to Judas (John 13:18). Book One of the Psalms closes here with a doxology.

"Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble." (Psalm 41:1)