^{1 Ref} <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

^{2 Ref} The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.

^{3 Ref} The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be turned to strength.

^{4 Ref} I said, Lord, have mercy on me; make my soul well, because my faith is in you.

^{5 Ref} My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?

^{6 Ref} If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.

^{7 Ref} All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.

^{8 Ref} They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.

^{9 Ref} Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.

^{10 Ref} But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, lifting me up, so that I may give them their punishment.

^{11 Ref} By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because my hater does not overcome me.

^{12 Ref} And as for me, you are my support in my righteousness, giving me a place before your face for ever.

^{13 Ref} May the Lord God of Israel be praised, through eternal days and for ever. So be it. So be it.

^{1 Ref} > Blessed is he who considers the poor: Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

^{2 Ref} 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 Ref} Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, And restore him from his bed of illness.

^{4 Ref} I said, "Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you."

^{5 Ref} My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"

^{6 Ref} If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

^{7 Ref} All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

^{8 Ref} "An evil disease," they say, "has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more."

^{9 Ref} Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who ate bread with me, Has lifted up his heel against me.

^{10 Ref} But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, That I may repay them.

^{11 Ref} By this I know that you delight in me, Because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.

^{12 Ref} As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, And set me in your presence forever.

^{13 Ref} Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.