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psalms 41

1 - Blessed is he who considers the poor.The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

2 - The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive.He shall be blessed on the earth,and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.

3 - The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed,and restore him from his bed of illness.

4 - I said, "The LORD, have mercy on me!Heal me, for I have sinned against you."

5 - My enemies speak evil against me:"When will he die, and his name perish?"

6 - If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood.His heart gathers iniquity to itself.When he goes abroad, he tells it.

7 - All who hate me whisper together against me.They imagine the worst for me.

8 - "An evil disease", they say, "has afflicted him.Now that he lies he shall rise up no more."

9 - Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,who ate bread with me,has lifted up his heel against me.

10 - But you, The LORD, have mercy on me, and raise me up,that I may repay them.

11 - By this I know that you delight in me,because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.

12 - As for me, you uphold me in my integrity,and set me in your presence forever.

13 - Blessed be The LORD, the God of Israel,from everlasting and to everlasting!Amen and amen.

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