1 B ienaventurado el que piensa en el pobre; En el día malo lo librará Jehová.

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

2 J ehová lo guardará, y le dará vida; Será bienaventurado en la tierra, Y no lo entregarás a la voluntad de sus enemigos.

Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.

3 J ehová lo sustentará sobre el lecho del dolor; Mullirás toda su cama en su enfermedad.

Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his sickness.

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

I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me: Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

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

Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying, When will he die, and his name perish?

6 Y si vienen a verme, hablan mentira; Su corazón recoge para sí iniquidad, Y al salir fuera la divulgan.

And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

7 R eunidos murmuran contra mí todos los que me aborrecen; Contra mí piensan mal, diciendo de mí:

All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.

8 C osa pestilencial se ha apoderado de él; Y el que cayó en cama no volverá a levantarse.

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

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

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.

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

But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.

11 E n esto conoceré que te he agradado, Que mi enemigo no se huelgue de mí.

By this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

12 E n cuanto a mí, en mi integridad me has sustentado, Y me has hecho estar delante de ti para siempre.

And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.

13 B endito sea Jehová, el Dios de Israel, Por los siglos de los siglos. Amén y Amén. ms LIBRO II

Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.