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1To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he who considers the poor; The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. | 1For the director of music. A psalm of David. Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the LORD delivers them in times of trouble. |
2The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. | 2The LORD protects and preserves them-- they are counted among the blessed in the land-- he does not give them over to the desire of their foes. |
3The LORD will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed. | 3The LORD sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness. |
4I said, “LORD, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.” | 4I said, "Have mercy on me, LORD; heal me, for I have sinned against you." |
5My enemies speak evil of me: “When will he die, and his name perish?” | 5My enemies say of me in malice, "When will he die and his name perish?" |
6And if he comes to see me, he speaks lies; His heart gathers iniquity to itself; When he goes out, he tells it. | 6When one of them comes to see me, he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander; then he goes out and spreads it around. |
7All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me they devise my hurt. | 7All my enemies whisper together against me; they imagine the worst for me, saying, |
8“An evil disease,” they say, “clings to him. And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more.” | 8"A vile disease has afflicted him; he will never get up from the place where he lies." |
9Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me. | 9Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me. |
10But You, O LORD, be merciful to me, and raise me up, That I may repay them. | 10But may you have mercy on me, LORD; raise me up, that I may repay them. |
11By this I know that You are well pleased with me, Because my enemy does not triumph over me. | 11I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me. |
12As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And set me before Your face forever. | 12Because of my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever. |
13Blessed be the LORD God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen. | 13Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen. |
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