¹⁰ All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.

¹¹ Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? who is like you, in holy glory, to be praised with fear, doing wonders?

⁸ There is no god like you, O Lord; there are no works like your works.

⁸ Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.

¹⁷ He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.

¹⁹ Your righteousness, O God, is very high; you have done great things; O God, who is like you?

³¹ For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

¹² I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

²² Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

²³ For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

¹⁸ Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?

²⁵ Who then seems to you to be my equal? says the Holy One.

⁷ Who would not have fear of you, O King of the nations? for it is your right: for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.

¹⁷ When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and has not put his request on one side.

¹⁸ This will be put in writing for the coming generation, and the people of the future will give praise to the Lord.

¹⁹ For from his holy place the Lord has seen, looking down on the earth from heaven;

²⁰ Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered;

³ My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire.

⁶ For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?

⁷ God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.

⁸ O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you.

¹⁹ Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;

²⁰ He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;

²¹ His flesh is so wasted away, that it may not be seen, and his bones. ...

²² And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death.

²³ If now there may be an angel sent to him, one of the thousands which there are to be between him and God, and to make clear to man what is right for him;

²⁴ And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:

²⁵ Then his flesh becomes young again, and he comes back to the days of his early strength;

¹⁴ You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

¹⁴ I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.

²⁴ For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.

³ When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.

⁶ This poor man's cry came before the Lord, and he gave him salvation from all his troubles.

²⁰ He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken.

¹⁴ The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

³ My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.

³³ For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.

¹⁵ But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.

¹⁶ So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.