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Sabato, 27 aprile 2024 - Santa Zita ( Letture di oggi)

Psalms 41


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NEW JERUSALEMKING JAMES BIBLE
1 [For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] Blessed is anyone who cares for the poor and the weak; in timeof trouble Yahweh rescues him.1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 Yahweh protects him, gives him life and happiness on earth. Do not abandon him to his enemies'pleasure!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.
3 Yahweh sustains him on his bed of sickness; you transform altogether the bed where he lies sick.3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
4 For my part I said, 'Yahweh, take pity on me! Cure me for I have sinned against you.'4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5 My enemies speak to me only of disaster, 'When wil he die and his name disappear?'5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
6 When people come to see me their talk is hol ow, when they get out they spread the news with spite intheir hearts.6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
7 Al who hate me whisper together about me and reckon I deserve the misery I suffer.7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
8 'A fatal sickness has a grip on him; now that he is down, he will never get up again.'8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
9 Even my trusted friend on whom I relied, who shared my table, takes advantage of me.9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
10 But you, Yahweh, take pity on me! Put me on my feet and I wil give them their due.10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
11 This wil convince me that you delight in me, if my enemy no longer exults over me.11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
12 Then you wil keep me unscathed, and set me in your presence for ever.12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
13 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity. Amen, Amen.13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.