PSALM 40
Response:
Heal my soul for I have sinned against you.
Verse 1:
Happy the man who considers the poor and the weak.
The Lord will save him in the day of evil,
will guard him, give him life, make him happy in the land
and will not give him up to the will of his foes.
Verse 2:
The Lord will help him on his bed of pain,
he will bring him back from sickness to health.
As for me, I said: ‘Lord, have mercy on me,
heal my soul for I have sinned against you.’
Verse 3:
If you uphold me I shall be unharmed
and set in your presence for evermore.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
from age to age. Amen. Amen.