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Psa 41 paragraph divisions:
1 Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
3 The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed.
4 I said, “Lord, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
5 My enemies speak evil of me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
6 And if he comes to see me, he speaks lies; His heart gathers iniquity to itself; When he goes out, he tells it.
7 All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me they devise my hurt.
8 “An evil disease,” they say, “clings to him. And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more.”
9a Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, {n}
9b Has lifted up his heel against me.
10 But You, O Lord, be merciful to me, and raise me up, That I may repay them.
11 By this I know that You are well pleased with me, Because my enemy does not triumph over me.
12 As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And set me before Your face forever.
13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen. {p}
Psa 41 reverse parallelism:
1a) Psa 41:1-2, Blessed be the man who considers the poor:
1a) Psa 41:1a, Blessed is he who considers the poor;
shim1b) Psa 41:1b, The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble;
shim2b) Psa 41:2a, The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive;
2a) Psa 41:2b, And he will be blessed on the earth;
1b) Psa 41:2c-4, You will not deliver him to his enemies/ strengthen + sustain him/ Lord, be merciful to me;
1c) Psa 41:5-8, My enemies speak evil of me:
1a) Psa 41:5, My enemies speak evil of me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”;
shim1b) Psa 41:6, The wicked speak evil against the righteous:
shim1a) Psa 41:6a, And if he comes to see me (when he goes in), he speaks lies;
shimshimcentral axis) Psa 41:6b, His heart gathers iniquity to itself;
shim2a) Psa 41:6c, When he goes out, he tells it;
shim2b) Psa 41:7, The evil speak evil against the righteous:
1a) Psa 41:7a, All who hate me whisper together;
shim1b) Psa 41:7b, Against me;
shim2b) Psa 41:7c, Against me;
2a) Psa 41:7d, They devise my hurt;
2a) Psa 41:8, “An evil disease,” they say, “clings to him. And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more;”
2c) Psa 41:9, My familiar friend {n} has lifted up his heel against me;
2b) Psa 41:10-12, Lord, be merciful to me/ raise me up/ my enemy does not triumph over me:
1a) Psa 41:10a, But You, O Lord, be merciful to me;
1b) Psa 41:10b, And raise me up, that I may repay them;
central axis) Psa 41:11, By this I know that You are well pleased with me: my enemy does not triumph over me;
2b) Psa 41:12a, As for me, You uphold me in my integrity;
2a) Psa 41:12b, And set me before Your face forever;
2a) Psa 41:13 {p} Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.
Again we see the sin of evil speaking. What is evil speaking? Lying is evil speaking. Gossiping is evil speaking, even if what you are repeating is true, since it removes honor and favor from another. Cursing is evil speaking. Repeating a negative report about another is evil speaking. The devil, the enemy speaks evil about us before the throne, but Messiah Yeshua ever intercedes for us. Our Father speaks an encouraging word over us, and prophesies over us the good things that are coming. It is a spiritual principle that children do what they see their father doing … when we speak, either good or bad, we are proclaiming with our mouth our spiritual parentage! If we must speak about someone, let it be a good report, and so emulate our heavenly Father! ♥
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