| 1 | Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is he who considers the weak
and
the poor; the Lord will deliver him in the time of evil
and
trouble. |
| 2 | The Lord will protect him and keep him alive; he shall be called blessed in the land; and You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. |
| 3 | The Lord will sustain, refresh,
and
strengthen him on his bed of languishing; all his bed You [O Lord] will turn, change,
and
transform in his illness. |
| 4 | I said, Lord, be merciful
and
gracious to me; heal my inner self, for I have sinned against You. |
| 5 | My enemies speak evil of me, [saying], When will he die and his name perish? |
| 6 | And when one comes to see me, he speaks falsehood
and
empty words, while his heart gathers mischievous gossip [against me]; when he goes away, he tells it abroad. |
| 7 | All who hate me whisper together about me; against me do they devise my hurt [imagining the worst for me]. |
| 8 | An evil disease, say they, is poured out upon him
and
cleaves fast to him; and now that he is bedfast, he will not rise up again. |
| 9 | Even my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted (relied on and was confident), who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. |
| 10 | But You, O Lord, be merciful
and
gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. |
| 11 | By this I know that You favor
and
delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me. |
| 12 | And as for me, You have upheld me in my integrity and set me in Your presence forever. |
| 13 | Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting [from this age to the next, and forever]! Amen and Amen (so be it). |
Cross references:
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Psalm 41:9 : John 13:18.
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