1 H appy is the man who cares for the poor. The Lord will save him in times of trouble.

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

2 T he Lord will keep him alive and safe. And he will be happy upon the earth. You will not give him over to the desire of those who hate him.

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 give him strength on his bed of sickness. When he is sick, You will make him well again.

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

4 A s for me, I said, “O Lord, have loving-kindness for me. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”

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

5 T hose who hate me speak bad words against me, saying, “When will he die, and his name be forgotten?”

My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”

6 W hen one comes to see me, he speaks lies. His heart gathers up bad stories. Then he goes outside and tells them.

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 speak in secret together against me. They make plans to hurt me, saying,

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

8 “ A bad thing has come over him. When he lies down, he will not rise again.”

“An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”

9 E ven a friend of mine whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has turned against me.

Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.

10 H ave loving-kindness for me, O Lord. Raise me up, so that I may pay them back.

But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.

11 T hen I will know that You are pleased with me, because he who hates me does not win over me.

By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.

12 A s for me, You hold me up in my honesty. And You set me beside You forever.

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

13 H onor be to the Lord, the God of Israel, forever and ever! Let it be so!

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