1 Those who pay close attention to the poor are truly happy! The LORD rescues them during troubling times.
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The LORD protects them and keeps them alive; they are widely regarded throughout the land as happy people. You won't hand them over to the will of their enemies.
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The LORD will strengthen them when they are lying in bed, sick. You will completely transform the place where they lie ill.
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But me? I said, "LORD, have mercy on me! Heal me because I have sinned against you."
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My enemies speak maliciously about me: "When will he die and his name disappear?"
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Whenever they come to visit, they say nothing of value. Their hearts collect evil gossip; once they leave, they tell it to everybody.
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All of those who hate me talk about me, whispering to each other, plotting evil against me:
To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. In this psalm is a prophecy concerning Christ, and concerning Judas Iscariot, as runs part of the title in the Syriac version; and in the Arabic version it is called a prophecy concerning the incarnation, and the salutation of Judas; and certain it is that Psalm 41:9 is to be understood of him, and of his betraying Christ into the hands of his enemies, since it is cited and applied to him by our Lord himself, John 13:18; so that having such a sure rule of interpretation, we may safely venture to explain the whole psalm of Christ, which treats both of his humiliation and exaltation; for it neither agrees with David wholly, nor with Hezekiah, to whom some ascribe it, as Theodoret remarks.