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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the time of trouble.
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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 to the will of his enemies.
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The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
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I said, LORD, be merciful to 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 cometh to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].
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All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
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An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast to him: and [now] that he lieth he shall rise no more.
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Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.
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But thou, O LORD, be merciful to me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.