Chapter 41
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(For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by Davina.) Blessed is she who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver her in the day of evil.
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Yahweh will preserve her, and keep her alive. She shall be blessed on the earth, and she will not surrender her to the will of her enemies.
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Yahweh will sustain her on her sickbed, and restore her from her bed of illness.
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I said, "Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you."
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My enemies speak evil against me: "When will she die, and her name perish?"
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If she comes to see me, she speaks falsehood. Her heart gathers iniquity to itself. When she goes abroad, she tells it.
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All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
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"An evil disease," they say, "has afflicted her. Now that she lies she shall rise up no more."
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Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up her heel against me.
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But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
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By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.
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As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
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Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.