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. [John 13:18.]
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.