The Book of Psalms

TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. O the blessedness of him || Who is acting wisely to the poor, || In a day of evil YHWH delivers him.

YHWH preserves him and revives him, || He is blessed in the land, || And You do not give him into the will of his enemies.

YHWH supports [him] on a bed of sickness, || You have turned his bed in his weakness.

I said, “O YHWH, favor me, || Heal my soul, for I sinned against You,”

My enemies say evil of me: When he dies—his name has perished!

And if he came to see—he speaks vanity, || His heart gathers iniquity to itself, || He goes out—at the street he speaks.

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

A worthless thing is poured out on him, || And because he lay down he does not rise again.

Even my ally, in whom I trusted, || One eating my bread, || Made the heel great against me,

And You, YHWH, favor me, || And cause me to rise, || And I give repayment to them.

By this I have known, || That You have delighted in me, || Because my enemy does not shout over me.

As for me, in my integrity, || You have taken hold on me, || And cause me to stand before You for all time.

Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, || From age to age. Amen and Amen.

Blessed is he who considers the poor. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

The LORD 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.

The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

I said, “LORD, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”

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

All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

“An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”

Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.

But you, LORD, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.

By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.

As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

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