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| To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. |
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| 1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. |
In time of trouble – Rendered "evil" in "I create evil." (Isa. 45:7) A125
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| 2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. |
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| 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. |
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| 4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. |
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| 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
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| 6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: 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 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which 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, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. |
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| 11 By this I know that thou favourest 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 the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. |
From everlasting – From all eternity, without any beginning. E86
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