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Blessed
is he that understands regarding 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,
and he shall be blessed upon the earth, and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
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The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing; thou wilt soften all his bed in his sickness.
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I said, LORD, be merciful unto me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
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My enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die and his name perish?
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And if he came to see
me, he spoke lies: his heart gathered iniquity to itself, and
when he goes out, he tells
it.
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All that hate me congregate together and murmur against me; against me do they devise my hurt.
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A disease of Belial,
they say, cleaves fast unto him, and
now that he lies he shall rise up no more.
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Even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up
his heel against me.
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But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me and raise me up that I may requite them.
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In this I shall know that I have pleased thee, that my enemy does not triumph over me.