Psalm 41

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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)

⁴I said, “Have mercy^(J) on me, Lord;
    heal^(K) me, for I have sinned^(L) against you.”
⁵My enemies say of me in malice,
    “When will he die and his name perish?^(M)”
⁶When one of them comes to see me,
    he speaks falsely,^(N) while his heart gathers slander;^(O)
    then he goes out and spreads^(P) it around.

⁷All my enemies whisper together^(Q) against me;
    they imagine the worst for me, saying,
⁸“A vile disease has afflicted him;
    he will never get up^(R) from the place where he lies.”
⁹Even my close friend,^(S)
    someone I trusted,
one who shared my bread,
    has turned^[b] against me.^(T)

¹⁰But may you have mercy^(U) on me, Lord;
    raise me up,^(V) that I may repay^(W) them.
¹¹I know that you are pleased with me,^(X)
    for my enemy does not triumph over me.^(Y)
¹²Because of my integrity^(Z) you uphold me^(AA)
    and set me in your presence forever.^(AB)

¹³Praise^(AC) be to the Lord, the God of Israel,^(AD)
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.^(AE)

Footnotes

Psalm 41:1 In Hebrew texts 41:1-13 is numbered 41:2-14.
Psalm 41:9 Hebrew has lifted up his heel

Isaiah 43:18-25

New International Version

¹⁸“Forget the former things;^(A)
    do not dwell on the past.
¹⁹See, I am doing a new thing!^(B)
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness^(C)
    and streams in the wasteland.^(D)
²⁰The wild animals^(E) honor me,
    the jackals^(F) and the owls,
because I provide water^(G) in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
²¹    the people I formed^(H) for myself^(I)
    that they may proclaim my praise.^(J)

²²“Yet you have not called on me, Jacob,
    you have not wearied^(K) yourselves for^[a] me, Israel.^(L)
²³You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings,^(M)
    nor honored^(N) me with your sacrifices.^(O)
I have not burdened^(P) you with grain offerings
    nor wearied you with demands^(Q) for incense.^(R)
²⁴You have not bought any fragrant calamus^(S) for me,
    or lavished on me the fat^(T) of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins
    and wearied^(U) me with your offenses.^(V)

²⁵“I, even I, am he who blots out
your transgressions,^(W) for my own sake,^(X)
and remembers your sins^(Y) no more.^(Z)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 43:22 Or Jacob; / surely you have grown weary of

2 Corinthians 1:18-22

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¹⁸But as surely as God is faithful,^(A) our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” ¹⁹For the Son of God,^(B) Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas^[a]^(C) and Timothy^(D)—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always^(E) been “Yes.” ²⁰For no matter how many promises^(F) God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen”^(G) is spoken by us to the glory of God.^(H) ²¹Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm^(I) in Christ. He anointed^(J) us, ²²set his seal^(K) of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.^(L)

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2 Corinthians 1:19 Greek Silvanus, a variant of Silas

Mark 2:1-12

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Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man^(A)

2 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. ²They gathered in such large numbers^(B) that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. ³Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man,^(C) carried by four of them. ⁴Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. ⁵When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”^(D)

⁶Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, ⁷“Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”^(E)

⁸Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? ⁹Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? ¹⁰But I want you to know that the Son of Man^(F) has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, ¹¹“I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” ¹²He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God,^(G) saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”^(H)