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Psalm
41
[Recommended
tunes:
v 1-3
Tiverton,
St Bernard;
v
4-9 Belmont, Culross; v 10-13 St
Leonard,
Morven]
8,6,8,6
To
the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
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1Blessed is he that wisely doth
the poor man's case consider;
For
when the time of trouble is,
the Lord will him deliver.
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2God will him keep, yea, save alive;
on earth he bless'd shall live;
And
to his enemies' desire
thou wilt him not up give.
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3God will give strength when he on bed
of languishing doth mourn;
And
in his sickness sore, O Lord,
thou all his bed wilt turn.
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4I said, O Lord, do thou extend
thy mercy unto me;
O
do thou heal my soul; for why?
I have offended thee.
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5Those that to me are enemies,
of me do evil say,
When
shall he die, that so his name
may perish quite away?
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6To see me if he comes, he speaks
vain words: but then his heart
Heaps
mischief to it, which he tells,
when forth he doth depart.
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7My haters jointly whispering,
'gainst me my hurt devise.
8Mischief, say they, cleaves fast to him;
he li'th, and shall not rise.
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9Yea, ev'n mine own familiar friend,
on whom I did rely,
Who
ate my bread, ev'n he his heel
against me lifted high.
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10But, Lord, be merciful to me,
and up again me raise,
That
I may justly them requite
according to their ways.
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11By this I know that certainly
I favour'd am by thee;
Because
my hateful enemy
triumphs not over me.
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12But as for me, thou me uphold'st
in mine integrity;
And
me before thy countenance
thou sett'st continually.
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13The Lord, the God of
Israel,
be bless'd for ever then,
From
age to age eternally.
Amen, yea, and amen.
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