Blessed is he who cares for the poor
(John 13:18-30)
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Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.
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Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.
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The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth: and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.
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The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.
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I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.
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My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish?
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And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.
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All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils to me.
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They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?
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For even the man of peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me.
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But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again: and I will requite them.
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By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me: because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.
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But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.
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Blessed by the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.