1Blessed is he who considers the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the day of evil.

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Proverbs 19:17, Proverbs 19:17, Proverbs 14:21, Proverbs 14:21, 2 Corinthians 9:8

2The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.

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Jeremiah 45:4, Jeremiah 45:5, Jeremiah 45:4, Jeremiah 45:5, Psalms 27:12

3The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

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Psalms 73:26, 2 Kings 20:5, 2 Kings 20:6, Psalms 73:26, 2 Kings 20:5

4I said, "Lord, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you."

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Psalms 103:3, Psalms 103:3, James 5:15, James 5:16, 2 Chronicles 30:18

5My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"

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Proverbs 10:7, Proverbs 10:7, Psalms 102:8, Psalms 102:8, Job 20:7

6If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

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Psalms 12:2, Psalms 12:2, Proverbs 26:24, Proverbs 26:26, Luke 11:53

7All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

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Proverbs 16:28, Psalms 56:5, Psalms 56:6, Proverbs 16:28, Psalms 56:5

8"An evil disease," they say, "has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more."

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Psalms 71:11, Psalms 71:11, Job 2:7, Job 2:8, Psalms 3:2

9Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.

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John 13:18, John 13:18, Psalms 55:12, Psalms 55:14, Psalms 55:12

10But you, Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.

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Luke 19:27, Luke 19:27, Psalms 109:6, Psalms 109:21, Psalms 109:6

11By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.

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Colossians 2:15, Psalms 124:6, Colossians 2:15, Psalms 124:6, Jeremiah 20:13

12As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

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Job 36:7, Job 36:7, Psalms 37:17, Psalms 73:23, Psalms 73:24

13Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.

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Psalms 72:18, Psalms 72:19, Psalms 72:18, Psalms 72:19, Ephesians 1:3