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Psalm 41

Oh be gracious to me

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1 Blessed is the one who considers the poor!

In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him;

2  the LORD protects him and keeps him alive;

he is called blessed in the land;

you do not give him up to the will of his enemies.

3  The LORD sustains him on his sickbed;

in his illness you restore him to full health.

4  As for me, I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me;

heal me, for I have sinned against you!”

5  My enemies say of me in malice,

“When will he die, and his name perish?”

6  And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words,

while his heart gathers iniquity;

when he goes out, he tells it abroad.

7  All who hate me whisper together about me;

they imagine the worst for me.

8  They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him;

he will not rise again from where he lies.”

9  Even my close friend in whom I trusted,

who late my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

10  But you, O LORD, be gracious to me,

and raise me up, that I may repay them!

11  By this I know that you delight in me:

my enemy will not shout in triumph over me.

12  But you have upheld me because of my integrity,

and set me in your presence forever.

13  Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting!

Amen and Amen. (ESV)

Call to Worship

Psalm 116:1–9, 18–19

I love the LORD

1I love the LORD, because he has heard

my voice and my pleas for mercy.

2  Because he inclined his ear to me,

therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

3  The snares of death encompassed me;

the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;

I suffered distress and anguish.

4  Then I called on the name of the LORD:

“O LORD, I pray, deliver my soul!”

5  Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;

our God is merciful.

6  The LORD preserves the simple;

when I was brought low, he saved me.

7  Return, O my soul, to your rest;

for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

8  For you have delivered my soul from death,

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling;

9  I will walk before the LORD

In the land of the living.

18  I will pay my vows to the LORD

in the presence of all his people,

19  in the courts of the house of the LORD,

in your midst, O Jerusalem.

Praise the LORD!

Prayer of Confession

Father in Heaven, You have loved us and brought us up as children, but we have rebelled against you. We have often been reproved, and yet have stiffened our neck, and have gone on backsliding in the way of our own heart. Knowing the affliction of our hearts, may we look on him whom we have pierced, and grieve with that grief which produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret. Grant that we may bear fruit in keeping with repentance, and may never again turn back to folly. We ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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