| Chapter 41 |
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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil. --
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Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies. --
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Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his sickness. --
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I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me: Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. --
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Mine enemies speak evil against me, [saying], When will he die, and his name perish? --
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And if he come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it. --
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All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt. --
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An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. --
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Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me. --
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But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them. --
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By this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. --
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And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever. --
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Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. --
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