Victory over Betrayal (John 13:18–30)
1 DBY To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil. 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 DBY Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt 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 DBY Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest 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 DBY As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. BSB BSB: I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
5 DBY Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish? BSB BSB: My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
6 DBY And if one come to see me , he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth it . BSB BSB: My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
7 DBY 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 DBY A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more. BSB BSB: “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
9 DBY Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath 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 DBY But thou, Jehovah, be gracious unto 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 DBY By this I know that thou delightest in me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. BSB BSB: By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
12 DBY But as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. BSB BSB: In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
13 DBY Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity! Amen, and Amen. BSB BSB: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
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