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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 40, Verse 17

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Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
King James Version
But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
American Standard Version
But I am poor and needy; [Yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
New English Translation
I am oppressed and needy! May the Lord pay attention to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O my God, do not delay!
World English Bible
But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don't delay, my God. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
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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.
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The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
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I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
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Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
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And if he come to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].
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All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
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An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him: and [now] that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
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Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.
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But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.