1 B ienaventurado el que entiende sobre el pobre; en el día malo lo librará el SEÑOR.

Blessed (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.

2 E l SEÑOR lo guarde, y le dé vida: sea bienaventurado en la tierra, y no lo entregues a la voluntad de sus enemigos.

The 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.

3 E l SEÑOR lo sustentará sobre el lecho del dolor; mullirás toda su cama en su enfermedad.

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

4 Y o dije: SEÑOR, ten misericordia de mí; sana mi alma, porque contra ti he pecado.

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

5 ¶ Mis enemigos dicen mal de mí preguntando: ¿Cuándo morirá, y perecerá su nombre?

My enemies speak evil of me,, When will he die and his name perish?

6 Y si alguno venía a verme, hablaba mentira; su corazón amontonaba iniquidad; y salido fuera, la hablaba.

And 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.

7 C ongregados murmuraban contra mí todos los que me aborrecían; contra mí pensaban mal, diciendo de mí:

All who hate me whisper together about me; against me do they devise my hurt.

8 C osa de Belial de él se ha apoderado; y el que cayó en cama, no volverá a levantarse.

An 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.

9 A un el varón de mi paz, en quien yo confiaba, el que comía mi pan, engrandeció contra mí el calcañar.

Even 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.

10 M as tú, SEÑOR, ten misericordia de mí, y hazme levantar, y les daré el pago.

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

11 E n esto habré conocido que te he agradado, que mi enemigo no se holgará de mí.

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

12 E n cuanto a mí, en mi integridad me has sustentado, y me has asentado delante de ti para siempre.

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

13 B endito sea el SEÑOR, el Dios de Israel, por los siglos de los siglos. Amén y Amén.

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