Psalm 41
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.-Psalm 41:1-3
I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, from everlasting, to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.-Psalm 41:1-11/the complete psalm***It is widely recognized that David, an Israelite from the tribe of Judah, was the divinely inspired writer of Psalm 41 in the Holy Bible. When David was 37 1/2 years old, he became the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land, the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and to Abraham's son Isaac, and to Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and to their descendants. Years before David reigned, Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin, reigned as king. The Lord God sent Samuel, the priest, prophet and judge from the tribe of Levi, to anoint Saul to reign after the Israelite elders demanded that Samuel appoint a king to lead them. Sometime after Saul disobeyed the commands of the Lord God, and was still reigning, the Lord God sent Samuel to anoint David to reign. Shortly thereafter, David began serving as a musician and an armor-bearer for Saul, and Saul loved David. After David killed Goliath the gigantic Philistine, Saul's son Jonathan loved David and made a covenant with David. Moreover, Saul kept David in his service full-time. When Saul heard the Israelite women singing of David higher than they sang of him, Saul became angry and tried to kill David, and was afraid of David. Saul sent David on missions to be killed, and told others, including Jonathan, to kill David. Saul's daughter Michal loved David, and married David, and helped David escape from their home. Jonathan tried to reconnect Saul to David, and spoke decently of David to Saul, and pledged his help to David, and told David he would be 2nd to him when David became king. Saul kept seeking to kill David, and at least twice spoke assuredly to David. Meanwhile, David refused to kill Saul, and David married Abigail and Ahinoam. After Jonathan and his brothers Abinadab and Malchishua were killed by the Philistines, and Saul's self-inflicted death on the same battlefield, men from the tribe of Judah anointed 30-year-old David, and David began to reign only over the tribe of Judah. Saul's son Ishbosheth (Eshbaal) reigned over the other Israelite tribes. After Ishbosheth was murdered, the Israelite elders went to David, and David made a covenant with the elders, and the elders anointed David. While David was reigning over all of the Israelites, and was dancing with all his might before the Lord God as the ark of the covenant of the Lord was being brought into the City of David, Michal saw David. Michal was displeased and spoke to David, and David answered Michal, and Michal and David never had children together. Over 900 years after Solomon, the 2nd child born to David and Bathsheba, became the 3rd king to reign over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by Mary's relative John the Baptist, from the tribe of Levi. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. Less than 3 1/2 years after Jesus was baptized, Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot, the disciple and apostle. Afterwards, Jesus was arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, seen by over 500 people, and returned to heaven.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 13:1-14:45, 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-34:12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1:1-11:43, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 8:1-40, 9:35-29:30,
2 Chronicles 1:1-9:31, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
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