^{1 Ref} To 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.

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

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

^{4 Ref} I -- I said, `O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'

^{5 Ref} Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth -- his name hath perished!

^{6 Ref} And if he came to see -- vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out -- at the street he speaketh.

^{7 Ref} All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:

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

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

^{10 Ref} And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.

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

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

^{13 Ref} Blessed `is' Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age -- and unto the age. Amen and Amen.