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The Psalmist in Sickness complains of Enemies and False Friends.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. |
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1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor:
Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
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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,
And he shall be blessed upon the earth;
And deliver not thou him unto the soul of his enemies.
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3 Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing:
Thou makest all his bed in his sickness.
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4 I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me:
Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
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5 Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying,
When will he die, and his name perish?
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6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood;
His heart gathereth iniquity to itself:
When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
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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 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him;
And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
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9 Yes, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,
Who did eat of my bread,
Hath lifted up his heel against me.
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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, O Jehovah, have mercy upon 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 And 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 everlasting and to everlasting.
Amen, and Amen. |
From everlasting – From all eternity, without any beginning. E86
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