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1 Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the LORD delivers them in times of trouble.
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{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
2 The LORD protects and preserves them— they are counted among the blessed in the land— he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.
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Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
3 The LORD sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness.
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Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness.
4 I said, “Have mercy on me, LORD; heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
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As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5 My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die and his name perish?”
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Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?
6 When one of them comes to see me, he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander; then he goes out and spreads it around.
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And if one come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].
7 All my enemies whisper together against me; they imagine the worst for me, saying,
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All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.
8 “A vile disease has afflicted him; he will never get up from the place where he lies.”
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A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more.
9 Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me.
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Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.
10 But may you have mercy on me, LORD; raise me up, that I may repay them.
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But thou, Jehovah, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
11 I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
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By this I know that thou delightest in me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
12 Because of my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever.
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But as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
13 Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
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Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity! Amen, and Amen.
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