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Blessed is the one who cares about weak people. When he is in trouble, the LORD saves him.
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The LORD will guard him and keep him alive. He will bless him in the land. He won't hand him over to the wishes of his enemies.
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The LORD will take care of him when he is lying sick in bed. He will make him well again.
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I said, "Lord, show me your favor. Heal me. I have sinned against you."
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My enemies are saying bad things about me. They say, "When will he die and be forgotten?"
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When anyone comes to see me, he says things he doesn't mean. At the same time, he thinks up lies to tell against me. Then he goes out and spreads those lies around.
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All of my enemies whisper to each other about me. They want something terrible to happen to 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.