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          DASV: Psalm 41    

For the music director, a psalm of David

1 Blessed is the one who looks out for the poor;
     the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive.
     He will be blessed in the land.
            Do not deliver him over to the will of his enemies.

3 The LORD supports him on the bed of sickness;
     you totally heal him from his bed of illness.
4 I said, "O LORD, have mercy on me.
     Heal me, for I have sinned against you."
5 My enemies taunt me,
     "When will he die, and his name perish?"
6 When he comes to see me, he speaks lies;
     his heart gathers gossip,
            when he leaves, he broadcasts it abroad.
7 All who hate me whisper together against me;
     they devise ways to harm me.
8 They whisper, "He has contracted a fatal disease,
     and he will never get up from the bed where he lies."
9 Even my close friend in whom I trusted,
     who ate my bread,
            has lifted up his heel against me.

10 But you, O LORD, have mercy on me,
     raise me up, so that I may repay them.
11 By this I know that you are pleased with me,
     because my enemy does not triumph over me.
12 As for me, you uphold me because of my integrity;
     you set me in your presence forever.

13 Praise the LORD, the God of Israel,
     from everlasting to everlasting.
            Amen and Amen.

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