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

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

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.

Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.

3 T he Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed.

Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.

4 I said, “ Lord, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”

I -- I said, `O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'

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

Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth -- his name hath perished!

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 -- vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out -- at the street he speaketh.

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

All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:

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

A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.

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

Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,

10 B ut You, O Lord, be merciful to me, and raise me up, That I may repay them.

And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.

11 B y this I know that You are well pleased with me, Because my enemy does not triumph over me.

By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.

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

As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.

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

Blessed Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age -- and unto the age. Amen and Amen.