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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 time of trouble.
2
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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 unto the will of his enemies.
3
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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 unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5
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Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
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KJV
And if he come to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].
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KJV
All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
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KJV
An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him: and [now] that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
9
KJV
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.
10
KJV
But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
11
KJV
By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
12
KJV
And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
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KJV
Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
KJV: King James Version (1769 text). Public domain outside the United Kingdom.