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Blest Is the One Who Helps the Weak
- Blest is the one who helps the weak and poor;
God will deliver him in times of strife.
Surely the LORD will bless him in the land;
he will protect him and preserve his life. - You will not hand him over to his foes,
nor give him over to their evil will.
When on his sickbed, him will God sustain;
you, LORD, will raise him up when he is ill. - I said, “O LORD, be gracious unto me;
heal me, because against you I have sinned.”
Enemies speak with malice when they say,
“When will he die, his name be brought to end?” - He comes to me with evil in his heart;
when he goes out, he spreads his empty lies.
All of my foes who hate me whisper low,
plotting the worst that evil minds devise. - They say, “A deadly thing on him is poured;
he will not rise again and leave his bed.”
Even my close friend turned his back on me—
he, whom I trusted and who shared my bread. - But you, O LORD, be gracious unto me.
Raise me again, their malice to requite.
O’er me my foes will not in triumph shout—
by this I know that in me you delight. - You hold me fast in my integrity;
you set me in your presence evermore.
Bless Isr’el’s God, the LORD, from age to age!
Amen. Amen. Forever praise the LORD!
Stanza Copyright
© 2018 Trinity Psalter Hymnal Joint Venture
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Psalm
41
Scripture Reference
Psalm 41, John 13:18
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Meter
10.10.10.10.
Composer Information
Atkinson, Frederick C. (1870)
- Author: OPC/URCNA (2016) (230)