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| 1 [[To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.]] How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh deliver him: |
In time of trouble – Rendered "evil" in "I create evil." (Isa. 45:7) A125
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| 2 Yahweh, will preserve him and keep him alive, And he shall be pronounced happy in the land, Do not then give him up at the desire of his enemies! |
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| 3 Yahweh, will sustain him upon the bed of sickness, All his couch, hast thou transformed in his disease. |
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| 4 I, said–O Yahweh, show me favour, heal thou my soul, for I have sinned against thee: |
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| 5 Mine enemies, speak ill of me, When will he die, and his name perish? |
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| 6 And, if he have come to see me, Falsehood, doth he speak, His own heart, gathereth iniquity to itself, he goeth forth, abroad he telleth it. |
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| 7 Together–against me, do all who hate me whisper among themselves, Against me, devise they hurt for me. |
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| 8 An infliction of the Abandoned One hath been fixed upon him, and, now that he hath lien down, he will not again rise. |
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| 9 Even the man whom I used to salute, in whom I put confidence, who used to eat my bread,–hath magnified 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, O Yahweh, show me favour and raise me up, That I may repay them. |
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| 11 Hereby, do I know that thou delightest in me, In that mine enemy shall not raise a shout over me. |
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| 12 But, as for me, In my blamelessness, hast thou held me fast, And hast caused me to stand before thee unto times age-abiding. |
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| 13 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From the age that is past, even unto the age yet to come: Amen and Amen! |
From everlasting – From all eternity, without any beginning. E86
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