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1 BLESSED is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. | |
2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. | |
3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. | |
4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. | |
5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? | |
6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. | |
7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. | |
8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and nowthat he lieth he shall rise up no more. | |
9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. | |
10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. | |
11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. | |
12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. | |
13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. | |
