1 B lessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is he who considers the weak and the poor; the Lord will deliver him in the time of evil and trouble.

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

2 T he Lord will protect him and keep him alive; he shall be called blessed in the land; and You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

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 T he Lord will sustain, refresh, and strengthen him on his bed of languishing; all his bed You will turn, change, and transform in his illness.

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 and gracious to me; heal my inner self, for I have sinned against You.

I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

5 M y enemies speak evil of me,, When will he die and his name perish?

Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

6 A nd when one comes to see me, he speaks falsehood and empty words, while his heart gathers mischievous gossip; when he goes away, he tells it abroad.

And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

7 A ll who hate me whisper together about me; against me do they devise my hurt.

All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

8 A n evil disease, say they, is poured out upon him and cleaves fast to him; and now that he is bedfast, he will not rise up again.

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

9 E ven my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted (relied on and was confident), who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

10 B ut You, O Lord, be merciful and gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

11 B y this I know that You favor and delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.

By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

12 A nd as for me, You have upheld me in my integrity and set me in Your presence forever.

And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

13 B lessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and Amen (so be it).

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.