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Psalms.
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Chapter 41.
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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Blessed is he who considers the poor. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
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The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
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The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
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I said, “LORD, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
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My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
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If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
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All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
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“An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”
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Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
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But you, LORD, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
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By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.
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As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
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Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.
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