Blessed in He who Considers the Poor
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
1 Blessed is he who considers the poor.
The Lord will deliver him in the time of trouble.
2 The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive.
He shall be blessed on the earth,
and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
3 The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed
and restore him from his bed of illness.
4 I said, “Lord, have mercy on me!
Heal my soul, for I have sinned against you.”
5 My enemies speak with malice against me:
“When will he die and his name vanish?”
6 If he comes to see me, he speaks deceit.
His heart’s intent is to gather slander.
to go out and tell it.
7 All who hate me whisper together against me.
They imagine the worst for me.
8 “A fatal disease has afflicted him,” they say.
Now that he is bedridden, he will never get up again.”
9 Yes, my own close friend, in whom I trusted,
who ate bread with me,
has turned against me.
10 But you, O Lord, have mercy on me,
and raise me up, that I may repay them.
11 By this I know that you delight in me,
because my enemy does not triumph over me.
12 As for me, you uphold me in my integrity,
and set me in your presence forever.
13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
from everlasting and to everlasting!
Amen and amen.