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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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(40-1) <Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.> (40-2) Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.
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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(40-3) The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth: and deliver him not up 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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(40-4) The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.
4 I said, “Have mercy on me, LORD; heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
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(40-5) I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to 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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(40-6) My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall 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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(40-7) And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.
7 All my enemies whisper together against me; they imagine the worst for me, saying,
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(40-8) All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils to me.
8 “A vile disease has afflicted him; he will never get up from the place where he lies.”
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(40-9) They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?
9 Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me.
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(40-10) For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me.
10 But may you have mercy on me, LORD; raise me up, that I may repay them.
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(40-11) But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise my up again: and I will requite them.
11 I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
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(40-12) By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me: because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.
12 Because of my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever.
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(40-13) But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.
13 Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
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(40-14) Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.
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