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The LORD will protect him and keep him alive. He will be blessed in the land. Do not place him at the mercy of his enemies.
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The LORD will support him on his sickbed. You will restore this person to health when he is ill.
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I said, "O LORD, have pity on me! Heal my soul because I have sinned against you."
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My enemies say terrible things about me: "When will he die, and when will his family name disappear?"
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When one of them comes to visit me, he speaks foolishly. His heart collects gossip. [Then] he leaves to tell others.
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Everyone who hates me whispers about me. They think evil things about me and say,
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"A devilish disease has attached itself to him. He will never leave his sickbed."
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Even my closest friend whom I trusted, the one who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
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Have pity on me, O LORD! Raise me up so that I can pay them back
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and my enemy cannot shout in triumph over me. When you do this, I know that you are pleased with me.
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You defend my integrity, and you set me in your presence forever.