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Psalm 40
¹⁵ Let them be horrified by their shame, for they said, “Aha! We’ve got him now!”
¹⁶ But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, “The LORD is great!”
¹⁷ As for me, since I am poor and needy, let the Lord keep me in his thoughts. You are my helper and my savior. O my God, do not delay.
Psalm 41
¹ Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor! The LORD rescues them when they are in trouble.
² The LORD protects them and keeps them alive. He gives them prosperity in the land and rescues them from their enemies.
³ The LORD nurses them when they are sick and restores them to health.
⁴ “O LORD,” I prayed, “have mercy on me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
⁵ But my enemies say nothing but evil about me. “How soon will he die and be forgotten?” they ask.
⁶ They visit me as if they were my friends, but all the while they gather gossip, and when they leave, they spread it everywhere.
⁷ All who hate me whisper about me, imagining the worst.
⁸ “He has some fatal disease,” they say. “He will never get out of that bed!”