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| 1 To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil. |
In time of trouble – Rendered "evil" in "I create evil." (Isa. 45:7) A125
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| 2 Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies. |
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| 3 Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness. |
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| 4 As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. |
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| 5 Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish? |
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| 6 And if one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth it2. |
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| 7 All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt. |
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| 8 A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more. |
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| 9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. |
Own familiar friend – Judas. R3760:2
Eat of my bread – One who partook of the same supper, common hospitality. R4906:6
Trials from "brethren," some of whom were only weak, and one false at heart, must have been the sorest among our Lord's experiences. R3820:3
Lifted up his heel – The Lord quoted this prophecy, but it did not move Judas to change his course. R4906:6
A radical change from an attitude of love and friendship to an attitude of bitterness and enmity is not an instantaneous, but a gradual, work. R4234:4
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| 10 But thou, Jehovah, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. |
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| 11 By this I know that thou delightest in me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. |
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| 12 But as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. |
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| 13 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity! Amen, and Amen. |
From everlasting – From all eternity, without any beginning. E86
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