To the chief musician; a psalm of David.{HR}Blessed [is] he that payeth attention to the poor;{HR}In the day of evil Jehovah will deliver him.
Jehovah will preserve him and keep him alive:{HR}He shall be prospered in the land;{HR}And do not thou give him up to the will of his enemies.
Jehovah will hold him up on the bed of languishing:{HR}All his bed thou hast turned in his sickness.
I said, O Jehovah, be merciful to me,{HR}Heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.
Mine enemies speak evil as to me,{HR}When shall he die and his name perish?
And if he come to see [me] he speaketh falsehood;{HR}His heart gathereth iniquity to itself;{HR}He goeth out, he speaketh outside.
All that hate me whisper together against me;{HR}Against me they meditate evil to me.
A word of Belial is poured into him;{HR}And he that hath lain down shall rise no more.
Even the man of my peace in whom I confided,{HR}Eating my bread, hath lifted the heel against me.
But thou, O Jehovah, be merciful to me,{HR}And raise me up, and I will requite them.
By this I know that thou hast delighted in me,{HR}Because mine enemy shall not exult over me.
And as for me, thou hast upheld me in mine integrity{HR}And thou settest me before thy face forever.
Blessed [be] Jehovah the God of Israel{HR}From everlasting and to everlasting.{HR}Amen, and amen.