Psalm 41:1-3

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Psalm 41^[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

¹Blessed^(A) are those who have regard for the weak;^(B)
    the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.^(C)
²The Lord protects^(D) and preserves them—^(E)
    they are counted among the blessed in the land—^(F)
    he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.^(G)
³The Lord sustains them on their sickbed^(H)
    and restores them from their bed of illness.^(I)

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Footnotes

Psalm 41:1 In Hebrew texts 41:1-13 is numbered 41:2-14.

Isaiah 58:6-7

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⁶“Is not this the kind of fasting^(A) I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice^(B)
    and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed^(C) free
    and break every yoke?^(D)
⁷Is it not to share your food with the hungry^(E)
    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter^(F)—
when you see the naked, to clothe^(G) them,
    and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?^(H)

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Isaiah 58:10

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¹⁰and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,^(A)
then your light^(B) will rise in the darkness,
and your night will become like the noonday.^(C)