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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him; |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2the LORD protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4As for me, I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you!” |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die, and his name perish?” |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him; he will not rise again from where he lies.” |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10But you, O LORD, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them! |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not shout in triumph over me. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen. |
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