| 1 | Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. |
| 2 | Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day. |
| 3 | May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And may he not hand him over to the will of his adversaries. |
| 4 | May the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire covering. |
| 5 | I said, "O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you." |
| 6 | My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish? |
| 7 | And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way. |
| 8 | All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me. |
| 9 | They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again? |
| 10 | For even the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, who ate my bread, has greatly supplanted me. |
| 11 | But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again. And I will requite them. |
| 12 | By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me. |
| 13 | But you have sustained me, because of my innocence, and you have confirmed me in your sight in eternity. |
| 14 | Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen. |
