1. Blessed is the one who has regard for the poor; in the day of disaster, Yahweh delivers him.
2. Yahweh protects him and keeps him alive; he is blessed in the land, and you do not give him into the will of his enemies.
3. Yahweh sustains him on his sick bed. In his illness, you restore to health.
4. As for me, I said, “O Yahweh, be gracious to me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
5. My enemies speak evil about me, “When will he die and his name perish?”
6. And when one comes to see me, he speaks falsely; his heart gathers disaster for itself. He goes out to the street; he speaks.
7. All who hate me speak together against me. Against me they assume the worst for me: