Psalms

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1Blessed is the one who cares for the poor;the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.

2The LORD will protect and preserve him;He will bless him in the landand refuse to give him overto the will of his foes.

3The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illnessand restore him from his bed of sickness.

4I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me;heal me, for I have sinned against You.”

5My enemies say with malice:“When will he die and be forgotten?”

6My visitor speaks falsehood;he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.

7All who hate me whisper against me;they imagine the worst for me:

8“A vile disease has been poured into him;he will never get up from where he lies!”

9Even my close friend whom I trusted,the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

10But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up,that I may repay them.

11By this I know that You delight in me,for my enemy does not triumph over me.

12In my integrity You uphold meand set me in Your presence forever.

13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

1To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

2Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.

3Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.

4I — I said, 'O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'

5Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth — his name hath perished!

6And if he came to see — vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out — at the street he speaketh.

7All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:

8A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.

9Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,

10And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.

11By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.

12As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.

13Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age — and unto the age. Amen and Amen.