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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1 Blessed is he who considers the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the Earth: and you will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
3 Jehovah will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: you will make all his bed in his sickness.
4 I said, Jehovah, be merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against you.
5 my enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
6 And if he come to see me, he speaks emptiness: his mind gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes abroad, he tells it.
7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
8 An disease of Belial, say they, sticks fast to him: and now that he lies he shall rise up no more.
9 Yes, my own completeness friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
10 But you, oh, Jehovah, be merciful to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
11 By this I know that you favor me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.
12 And as for me, You uphold me in my integrity, and set me before Your Face to the Kingdom Age.
13 Blessed be Jehovah God of Israel through the Age of the Ages. Amen, and Amen.




King James Version (KJV)
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 The LORD 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.
3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
4 I said, LORD, 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.
8 An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him: and [now] that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.
10 But thou, O LORD, 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] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.


Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 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 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 Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.
4 I -- I said, 'O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'
5 Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth -- his name hath perished!
6 And if he came to see -- vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out -- at the street he speaketh.
7 All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:
8 A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.
9 Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,
10 And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.
11 By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.
12 As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.
13 Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age -- and unto the age. Amen and Amen.
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