¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Yhwh will deliver him in time of trouble.¹²

1. the poor: or, the weak, or, sick.
2. in time…: Heb. in the day of evil.

² Yhwh will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.¹

1. thou…: or, do not thou deliver.

³ Yhwh will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt restore him from his bed of sickness.¹

1. make: Heb. turn.

⁴ I said, Yhwh, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

⁵ Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

⁶ And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

⁷ All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.¹

1. my…: Heb. evil to me.

⁸ An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.¹

1. An…: Heb. A thing of Belial.

⁹ Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.¹²

1. mine…: Heb. the man of my peace.
2. lifted…: Heb. magnified.

¹⁰ But thou, O Yhwh, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

¹¹ By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

¹² And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

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