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Psalms 41 - 42 

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 thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

Psalm 41

41 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
3 The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
4 I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
10 But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

Psalm 42

42 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8 Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

    "AF":  "Afghanistan",
    "AX":  "Aland Islands",
    "AL":   "Albania",
    "DZ":  "Algeria",
     AS":  "American                             Samoa", 
    "AD": "Andorra",
    "AO": "Angola",
    "AI":   "Anguilla",
    "AQ": "Antarctica",
    "AG": "Antigua and                         Barbuda",
    "AR": "Argentina", 
    "AM": "Armenia",   
    "AW": "Aruba",
    "AU": "Australia",
    "AT": "Austria", 
    "AZ": "Azerbaijan",
    "BS": "Bahamas",
    "BH": "Bahrain",
    "BD": "Bangladesh",
    "BB": "Barbados",
    "BY": "Belarus",
    "BE": "Belgium",
    "BZ": "Belize",
    "BJ":  "Benin",
    "BM": "Bermuda",
    "BT":  "Bhutan",
    "BO": "Bolivia",
    "BQ": "Bonaire, Sint                Eustatius and Saba",
    "BA":  "Bosnia and hertz.      "BW": "Botswana",
    "BV":  "Bouvet Island",
    "BR":  "Brazil",
    "IO":  "British Indian                         Ocean 
    "BN": "Brunei                                   Darussalam",     

    "BG":  "Bulgaria",
     "BF": "Burkina Faso",
     "BI": "Burundi",
     "KH": "Cambodia",
    "CM": "Cameroon",
    "CA":  "Canada",
    "CV":  "Cape Verde",
    "KY":  "Cayman Islands",
    "CF":  "Central                                 African Rep.
    "TD":  "Chad",
    "CL":  "Chile",
    "CN": "China",
    "CX": "Christmas Island",
    "CC": "Cocos                        (Keeling) Islands",
    "CO": "Colombia",
    "KM": "Comoros",
    "CG": "Congo",
    "CD": "Congo, the                           Democratic R
    "CK": "Cook Islands",
    "CR": "Costa Rica",
    "CI": "Cote D'Ivoire",
    "HR": "Croatia",
    "CU": "Cuba",
    "CW": "Curacao",
    "CY": "Cyprus" G
    "CY" "Cyprus" T
    "CZ": "Czech Republic",
    "DK": "Denmark",
    "DJ": "Djibouti",
    "DM": "Dominica",
    "DO": "Dominican                           Republic",
    "EC": "Ecuador",
    "EG":  "Egypt",
    "SV":   "El Salvador",
    "GQ": "Equatorial                           Guinea",
    "ER":   "Eritrea",
    "EE":   "Estonia",
    "ET":   "Ethiopia",
    "FK":   "Falkland Islands 
    "FO":   "Faroe Islands",
    "FJ":    "Fiji",
    "FI":    "Finland",
    "FR":   "France",
    "GF":  "French Guiana",
    "PF":   "French Polynesia",
    "TF":   "French Southern T 
    "GA": "Gabon",
    "GM": "Gambia",
    "GE":  "Georgia",
    "DE":  "Germany",
    "GH": "Ghana",
    "GI":  "Gibraltar",
    "GR": "Greece",
    "GL": "Greenland",
    "GD": "Grenada",
    "GP": "Guadeloupe",
    "GU": "Guam",
    "GT": "Guatemala",
    "GG": "Guernsey",
    "GN": "Guinea",
    "GW": "Guinea-Bissau",
    "GY":  "Guyana",
    "HT":  "Haiti",
    "VA": "Holy See
    "HN": "Honduras",
    "HK": "Hong Kong",
    "HU": "Hungary",
    "IS":   "Iceland",
    "IN":  "India",
    "ID":   "Indonesia",
    "IR":   "Iran, ,
    "IQ":  "Iraq",
    "IE":   "Ireland",
    "IM":  "Isle of Man",
    "IL":    "Israel",
    "IT":   "Italy",
    "JM":  "Jamaica",
    "JP":    "Japan",
    "JE":    "Jersey",
    "JO":   "Jordan",
    "KZ":   "Kazakhstan",
    "KE":   "Kenya",
    "KI":    "Kiribati",
    "KP":   "Korea, D.P.R.
    "KR":   "Korea,
    "XK":   "Kosovo",
    "KW": "Kuwait",
    "KG":  "Kyrgyzstan",
    "LA":   "Lao P.D.R.
    "LV":   "Latvia",
    "LB":   "Lebanon",
    "LS":   "Lesotho",
    "LR":   "Liberia",
    "LY":   "Libyan Arab              "LI":    "Liechtenstein",
    "LT":   "Lithuania",
    "LU":  "Luxembourg",
    "MO": "Macao",
    "MK":  "Macedonia
    "MG": "Madagascar",
    "MW": "Malawi",
    "MY":  "Malaysia",
    "MV":  "Maldives",
    "ML":   "Mali",
    "MT":   "Malta",
    "MH":  "Marshall Islands",
    "MQ": "Martinique",
    "MR":  "Mauritania",
    "MU": "Mauritius",
    "YT":   "Mayotte",
    "MX":  "Mexico",
    "FM":  "Micronesia,
    "MD": "Moldova, ",
    "MC": "Monaco",
    "MN": "Mongolia",
    "ME":  "Montenegro",
    "MS":  "Montserrat",
    "MA": "Morocco",
    "MZ": "Mozambique",
    "MM": "Myanmar",
    "NA":  "Namibia",
    "NR":  "Nauru",
    "NP": "Nepal",
    "NL": "Netherlands",
    "AN": "Netherlands                         Antilles",
    "NC": "New Caledonia",
    "NZ": "New Zealand",
    "NI":  "Nicaragua",
    "NE": "Niger",
    "NG": "Nigeria",
    "NU": "Niue",
    "NF": "Norfolk Island",
    "MP": "Northern Mariana                 Islands",
    "NO": "Norway",
    "OM": "Oman",
    "PK":   "Pakistan",
    "PW":  "Palau",
    "PS":   "Palestinian                           Territory, 
    "PA":   "Panama",
    "PG": "Papua New                          Guinea",
    "PY": "Paraguay",
    "PE": "Peru",
    "PH": "Philippines",
    "PN": "Pitcairn",
    "PL":   "Poland",
    "PT":   "Portugal",
    "PR":   "Puerto Rico",
    "QA":  "Qatar",
    "RE":   "Reunion",
    "RO":  "Romania",
    "RU":   "Russian                                Federation",
    "RW":  "Rwanda",
    "BL":    "Saint Barthelemy",
    "SH":   "Saint Helena",
    "KN":   "Saint Kitts and                       Nevis",
    "LC":   "Saint Lucia",
    "MF":  "Saint Martin"
    "VC": "St Vincent and the                 Grenadines",
    "WS": "Samoa",
    "SM":  "San Marino",
    "ST":   "Sao Tome and                       Principe",
    "SA":  "Saudi Arabia",
    "SN": "Senegal",
    "RS":  "Serbia",
    "CS": "Serbia and                          Montenegro",
    "SC": "Seychelles",
    "SL":  "Sierra Leone",
    "SG": "Singapore",
    "SX":  "Sint Maarten",
    "SK":  "Slovakia",
    "SI":   "Slovenia",
    "SB":  "Solomon Islands",
    "SO": "Somalia",
    "ZA": "South Africa",
    "GS": "South Georgia                      South Sandwich                    Islands",
    "SS": "South Sudan",
    "ES": "Spain", 
    "LK": "Sri Lanka",
    "SD": "Sudan",
    "SR": "Suriname",
    "SJ": "Svalbard and Jan                   Mayen",
    "SZ": "Swaziland",
    "SE": "Sweden",
    "CH": "Switzerland",
    "SY": "Syrian Arab                         
Republic",
    "TW": "Taiwan, 
    "TJ":   "Tajikistan",
    "TZ":  "Tanzania
    "TH":  "Thailand",
    "TL":   "Timor-Leste",
    "TG":  "Togo",
    "TK":   "Tokelau",
    "TO":  "Tsonga",
    "TT":   "Trinidad and                         Tobago",
    "TN":  "Tunisia",
    "TR":   "Turkey",
    "TM": "Turkmenistan",
    "TC": "Turks and Caicos 
    "TV": "Tuvalu",
    "UG": "Uganda",
    "UA": "Ukraine",
    "AE": "United Arab                          Emirates",
    "GB": "Great Britain",
    "US": "United States",
    "UM": "United States              Minor Outlying Islands",
    "UY": "Uruguay",
    "UZ": "Uzbekistan",
    "VU": "Vanuatu",
    "VE": "Venezuela",
    "VN": "Viet Nam",
    "VG": "Virgin Islands,                       British",
    "VI":   "Virgin Islands,                       U.S.",
    "WF":  "Wallis and                            Futuna",
    "EH":   "Western Sahara",
    "YE":    "Yemen",
    "ZM":  "Zambia",
    "ZW": "Zimbabwe"

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