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Psalms 41:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Psalms 41:9

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"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."

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