Victory over Betrayal (John 13:18–30)
1 CPDV Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day. 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 CPDV May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And may he not hand him over to the will of his adversaries. 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 CPDV May the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire covering. BSB BSB: The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
4 CPDV I said, “O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.” BSB BSB: I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
5 CPDV My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish? BSB BSB: My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
6 CPDV And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way. BSB BSB: My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
7 CPDV All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me. BSB BSB: All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
8 CPDV They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again? BSB BSB: “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
9 CPDV For even the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, who ate my bread, has greatly supplanted me. BSB BSB: Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
10 CPDV But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again. And I will requite them. BSB BSB: But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
11 CPDV By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me. BSB BSB: By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
12 CPDV But you have sustained me, because of my innocence, and you have confirmed me in your sight in eternity. BSB BSB: In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
13 CPDV Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen. BSB BSB: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.