Summary: <div class="poetry"> <p><strong> Hi, this is Ricky and our Daily Devotional today is found in Psalm 41. </strong><strong>Feel free to read along in the show notes below.</strong><br> <strong>Also, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this scripture so comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-41/">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-41/</a>.</strong></p> <p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-41-1"><span class="chapternum">1 </span>Blessed is the one who considers the poor!</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-41-1">In the day of trouble the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> delivers him;</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14545" class="text Ps-41-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> protects him and keeps him alive;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-41-2">he is called blessed in the land;</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-41-2">you do not give him up to the will of his enemies.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14546" class="text Ps-41-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>The <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> sustains him on his sickbed;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-41-3">in his illness you restore him to full health.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14547" class="text Ps-41-4"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>As for me, I said, “O <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>, be gracious to me;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-41-4">heal me, for I have sinned against you!”</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14548" class="text Ps-41-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>My enemies say of me in malice,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-41-5">“When will he die, and his name perish?”</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14549" class="text Ps-41-6"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-41-6">while his heart gathers iniquity;</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-41-6">when he goes out, he tells it abroad.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14550" class="text Ps-41-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>All who hate me whisper together about me;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-41-7">they imagine the worst for me.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14551" class="text Ps-41-8"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-41-8">he will not rise again from where he lies.”</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14552" class="text Ps-41-9"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>Even my close friend in whom I trusted,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-41-9">who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14553" class="text Ps-41-10"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>But you, O <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>, be gracious to me,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-41-10">and raise me up, that I may repay them!</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14554" class="text Ps-41-11"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>By this I know that you delight in </span></p> </div>
