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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor! The LORD rescues them when they are in trouble. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2The LORD protects them and keeps them alive. He gives them prosperity in the land and rescues them from their enemies. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3The LORD nurses them when they are sick and restores them to health. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4“O LORD,” I prayed, “have mercy on me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you.” |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5But my enemies say nothing but evil about me. “How soon will he die and be forgotten?” they ask. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6They visit me as if they were my friends, but all the while they gather gossip, and when they leave, they spread it everywhere. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7All who hate me whisper about me, imagining the worst. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8“He has some fatal disease,” they say. “He will never get out of that bed!” |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Even my best friend, the one I trusted completely, the one who shared my food, has turned against me. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10LORD, have mercy on me. Make me well again, so I can pay them back! |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11I know you are pleased with me, for you have not let my enemies triumph over me. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12You have preserved my life because I am innocent; you have brought me into your presence forever. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who lives from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and amen! |
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