| 1 | {To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil. |
| 2 | Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies. |
| 3 | Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness. |
| 4 | As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. |
| 5 | Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish? |
| 6 | And if one come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth [it]. |
| 7 | All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt. |
| 8 | A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more. |
| 9 | Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me. |
| 10 | But thou, Jehovah, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. |
| 11 | By this I know that thou delightest in me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. |
| 12 | But as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. |
| 13 | Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity! Amen, and Amen. |
