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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 41 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/41.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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42">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="d">(A psalm by David for the music leader.)</h3><h3 class="s1">A Prayer in Time of Sickness</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.41.1" class="v19_41_1">1</span>You, <span class="nd">Lord</span> God, bless everyone</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_1">who cares for the poor,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_1">and you rescue those people</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_1">in times of trouble.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.41.2" class="v19_41_2">2</span>You protect them</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_2">and keep them alive.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_2">You make them happy here</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_2">in this land,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_2">and you don't hand them over</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_2">to their enemies.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.41.3" class="v19_41_3">3</span>You always heal them</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_3">and restore their strength</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_3">when they are sick.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.41.4" class="v19_41_4">4</span>I prayed, “Have pity, <span class="nd">Lord</span>!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_4">Heal me, though I have sinned</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_4">against you.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.41.5" class="v19_41_5">5</span>My vicious enemies ask me,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_5">“When will you die</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_5">and be forgotten?”</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.41.6" class="v19_41_6">6</span>When visitors come,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_6">all they ever bring</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_6">are worthless words,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_6">and when they leave,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_6">they spread gossip.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.41.7" class="v19_41_7">7</span>My enemies whisper about me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_7">They think the worst,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.41.8" class="v19_41_8">8</span>and they say,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_8">“You have some fatal disease!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_8">You'll never get well.”</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.41.9" class="v19_41_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.41.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> My most trusted friend</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_9">has turned against me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_9">though he ate at my table.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.41.10" class="v19_41_10">10</span>Have pity, <span class="nd">Lord</span>! Heal me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_10">so I can pay them back.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.41.11" class="v19_41_11">11</span>Then my enemies</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_11">won't defeat me,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_11">and I will know</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_11">that you really care.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.41.12" class="v19_41_12">12</span>You have helped me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_12">because I am innocent,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_12">and you will always</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_12">be close to my side.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.41.13" class="v19_41_13">13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.41.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> God of Israel,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_41_13">will be praised forever!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_41_13">Amen and amen.</span></p> </div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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