41 (X4). MESSIAH'S PRAYER AND PRAISE IN VIEW OF FUTURE BLESSING (ps 24).
| X4 | Q | 1-3 | Jehovah's favour to Messiah. | |||||
| 1. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. | ||||||||
| 2. 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. | ||||||||
| 3. The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. | ||||||||
| R | 4 | Prayer. | ||||||
| 4. I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. | ||||||||
| S | c | 5∼ | Enemies. What they do. | |||||
| 5∼. Mine enemies speak evil of me, | ||||||||
| d | ∼5 | Enemies, What they say. | ||||||
| ∼5. When shall he die, and his name perish? | ||||||||
| e | 6 | The Traitor. | ||||||
| 6. And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. | ||||||||
| S | c | 7 | Enemies. What they do. | |||||
| 7. All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. | ||||||||
| d | 8 | Enemies. What they say. | ||||||
| 8. An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. | ||||||||
| e | 9 | The Traitor. | ||||||
| 9. Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. | ||||||||
| R | 10 | Prayer. | ||||||
| 10. But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. | ||||||||
| Q | 11,12 | Jehovah's favour to Messiah. | ||||||
| 11. By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. | ||||||||
| 12. And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. | ||||||||
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| 13 | The concluding Doxology to the First Book. | |||||||
| 13. Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. |