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1 (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.
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Happy are those who consider the poor; the Lord delivers them in the day of trouble.
2 (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.
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The Lord protects them and keeps them alive; they are called happy in the land. You do not give them up to the will of their enemies.
3 (40-4) The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.
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The Lord sustains them on their sickbed; in their illness you heal all their infirmities.
4 (40-5) I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.
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As for me, I said, "O Lord, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you."
5 (40-6) My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish?
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My enemies wonder in malice when I will die, and my name perish.
6 (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.
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And when they come to see me, they utter empty words, while their hearts gather mischief; when they go out, they tell it abroad.
7 (40-8) All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils to me.
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All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.
8 (40-9) They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?
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They think that a deadly thing has fastened on me, that I will not rise again from where I lie.
9 (40-10) For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me.
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Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted the heel against me.
10 (40-11) But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise my up again: and I will requite them.
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But you, O Lord, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
11 (40-12) By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me: because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.
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By this I know that you are pleased with me; because my enemy has not triumphed over me.
12 (40-13) But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.
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But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
13 (40-14) Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.
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Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
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