Victory over Betrayal// John 13:18–30
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1Blessed is the one who cares for the poor;
Yahweh will deliver him in the day of trouble.
2Yahweh will protect and preserve him;
He will bless him in the land
and refuse to give him over
to the will of his foes.
3Yahweh will sustain him on his bed of illness
and restore him from his bed of sickness.
4I said, “O Yahweh, be gracious to me;
heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
5My enemies say with malice:
“When will he die and be forgotten?”
6My visitor speaks falsehood;
he gathers slander in his heart;
he goes out and spreads it abroad.
7All who hate me whisper against me;
they imagine the worst for me:
8“A vile disease has been poured into him;
he will never get up from where he lies!”
9Even my close friend whom I trusted,
the one who shared my bread,
has lifted up his heel against me.
- PS 41:9[PROPHECY]Betrayed by a close friend who shared His table → JN 13:18; MK 14:43-45
- PS 41:9[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → JN 13:18
- PS 41:9[NOTE]MY CLOSE FRIEND. Jesus quoted this about Judas, John 13:18. He left out the words whom I trusted.
10But You, O Yahweh, be gracious to me and raise me up,
that I may repay them.
11By this I know that You delight in me,
for my enemy does not triumph over me.
12In my integrity You uphold me
and set me in Your presence forever.
13Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.
- PS 41:13[NOTE]AMEN AND AMEN. Each of the five books of Psalms ends with a blessing like this: 41:13, 72:19, 89:52, 106:48, and all of Psalm 150.