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The Lord sustains him on his sickbed,
    you turn down his bedding whenever he is ill.[a]

II

Even I have said, “Lord, take note of me;
    heal me, although I have sinned against you.
My enemies say bad things against me:
    ‘When will he die and his name be forgotten?’

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Footnotes

  1. 41:4 You turn down his bedding whenever he is ill: the Hebrew is obscure. It suggests ongoing attentive care of the one who is sick.

I said, “Have mercy(A) on me, Lord;
    heal(B) me, for I have sinned(C) against you.”
My enemies say of me in malice,
    “When will he die and his name perish?(D)
When one of them comes to see me,
    he speaks falsely,(E) while his heart gathers slander;(F)
    then he goes out and spreads(G) it around.

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