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

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh 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.

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

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

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

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

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

My enemies speak evil against me: “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.

If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

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

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

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

“An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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