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 who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

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.

Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to 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.

Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

4 I said, Lord, be merciful and gracious to me; heal my inner self, for I have sinned against You.

I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

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

My enemies speak evil against me: “When will 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.

If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

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

All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

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”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies 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.

Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has 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 you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay 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 you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.

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

As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

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

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.