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Psalms 41 (MSG)

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¹ A David psalm. Dignify those who are down on their luck; you'll feel good--that's what GOD does. ² GOD looks after us all, makes us robust with life-- Lucky to be in the land, we're free from enemy worries. ³ Whenever we're sick and in bed, GOD becomes our nurse, nurses us back to health. ⁴ I said, "GOD, be gracious! Put me together again-- my sins have torn me to pieces." ⁵ My enemies are wishing the worst for me; they make bets on what day I will die. ⁶ If someone comes to see me, he mouths empty platitudes, All the while gathering gossip about me to entertain the street-corner crowd. ⁷ These "friends" who hate me whisper slanders all over town. They form committees to plan misery for me. ⁸ The rumor goes out, "He's got some dirty, deadly disease. The doctors have given up on him." ⁹ Even my best friend, the one I always told everything --he ate meals at my house all the time!-- has bitten my hand. ¹⁰ GOD, give grace, get me up on my feet. I'll show them a thing or two. ¹¹ Meanwhile, I'm sure you're on my side-- no victory shouts yet from the enemy camp! ¹² You know me inside and out, you hold me together, you never fail to stand me tall in your presence so I can look you in the eye. ¹³ Blessed is GOD, Israel's God, always, always, always. Yes. Yes. Yes.