1 B lessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

¶ Blessed is he that understands regarding the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

2 T he Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; 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 strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed.

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing; thou wilt soften all his bed in his sickness.

4 I said, “ Lord, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, 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?”

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

6 A nd if he comes to see me, he speaks lies; His heart gathers iniquity to itself; When he goes out, he tells it.

And if he came to see me, he spoke lies: his heart gathered iniquity to itself, and when he goes out, he tells it.

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

All that hate me congregate together and murmur against me; against me do they devise my hurt.

8 “ An evil disease,” they say, “clings to him. And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more.”

A disease of Belial, they say, cleaves fast unto him, and now that he lies he shall rise up no more.

9 E ven my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.

Even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

10 B ut You, O Lord, be merciful to me, and raise me up, That I may repay 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 are well pleased with me, Because my enemy does not triumph over me.

In this I shall know that I have pleased thee, that my enemy does not triumph over me.

12 A s for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And set me before Your face forever.

And as for me, thou sustained me in my integrity and hast seated me before thy face for ever.

13 B lessed be the Lord God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.

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