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A Psalm of David.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>Happy are those who consider the poor;<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16614a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> delivers them in the day of trouble.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> protects them and keeps them alive;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">they are called happy in the land.</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">You do not give them up to the will of their enemies.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> sustains them on their sickbed;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">in their illness you heal all their infirmities.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16616b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span></span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>As for me, I said, “O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, be gracious to me;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">heal me, for I have sinned against you.”</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>My enemies wonder in malice</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">when I will die, and my name perish.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>And when they come to see me, they utter empty words,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">while their hearts gather mischief;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">when they go out, they tell it abroad.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>All who hate me whisper together about me;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">they imagine the worst for me.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>They think that a deadly thing has fastened on me,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">that I will not rise again from where I lie.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">who ate of my bread, has lifted the heel against me.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>But you, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, be gracious to me,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and raise me up, that I may repay them.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>By this I know that you are pleased with me;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">because my enemy has not triumphed over me.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>But you have upheld me because of my integrity,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and set me in your presence forever.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>Blessed be the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, the God of Israel,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">from everlasting to everlasting.</span></span><br /><span class="center"><span class="text">Amen and Amen.</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 41:1">Psalm 41:1</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>weak</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 41:3">Psalm 41:3</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>you change all his 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