Victory over Betrayal (John 13:18–30)
1 AKJV To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
2 AKJV The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed on the earth: and you will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. BSB BSB: The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes.
3 AKJV The LORD will strengthen him on the bed of languishing: you will make all his bed in his sickness. BSB BSB: The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
4 AKJV I said, LORD, be merciful to me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against you. BSB BSB: I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
5 AKJV My enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? BSB BSB: My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
6 AKJV And if he come to see me, he speaks vanity: his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes abroad, he tells it. BSB BSB: My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
7 AKJV All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. BSB BSB: All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
8 AKJV An evil disease, say they, sticks fast to him: and now that he lies he shall rise up no more. BSB BSB: “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
9 AKJV Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. BSB BSB: Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
10 AKJV But you, O LORD, be merciful to me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. BSB BSB: But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
11 AKJV By this I know that you favor me, because my enemy does not triumph over me. BSB BSB: By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
12 AKJV And as for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me before your face for ever. BSB BSB: In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
13 AKJV Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. BSB BSB: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
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