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Psalms 41:4 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" I said, “LORD, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.” "
Psalms 41:4
Verse in Context
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2 The 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.
3 The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
4 I said, “LORD, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
5 My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
6 If 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 41:1
"Blessed is he who considers the poor. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil."
Psalms 41:2
"The 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."
Psalms 41:3
"The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness."
Psalms 41:5
"My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”"
Psalms 41:6
"If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it."
Psalms 41:7
"All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me."
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