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The Blessing and Suffering of the Godly

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

1 Blessed is he who considers the1 poor;
The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. 
2 The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive,
And he will be blessed on the earth;
aYou will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. 
3 The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness;
You will1 sustain him on his sickbed. 
4 I said, “Lord, be merciful to me;
aHeal my soul, for I have sinned against You.” 
5 My enemies speak evil of me:
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
6 And if he comes to see me, he speaks1 lies;
His heart gathers iniquity to itself;
When he goes out, he tells it. 
7 All who hate me whisper together against me;
Against me they1 devise my hurt. 
8 “An1 evil disease,” they say, “clings to him.
And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more.” 
9 aEven my own familiar friend in whom I trusted,
bWho ate my bread,
Has1 lifted up his heel against me. 
10 But You, O Lord, be merciful to me, and raise me up,
That I may repay them.
11 By this I know that You are well pleased with me,
Because my enemy does not triumph over me.


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Definitions of words in Psalms 41:1:


Blessed {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Deliver {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Time {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}



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