Victory over Betrayal
(John 13:18–30)

1Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

2May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And may he not hand him over to the will of his adversaries.

3May the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire covering.

4I said, “O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.”

5My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish?

6And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way.

7All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.

8They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again?

9For even the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, who ate my bread, has greatly supplanted me.

10But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again. And I will requite them.

11By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me.

12But you have sustained me, because of my innocence, and you have confirmed me in your sight in eternity.

13Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen.