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For the choir director: A psalm of David.
Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor!
The LORD rescues them when they are in trouble.
Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor!
The LORD rescues them when they are in trouble.
Blessed is He who Considers the Poor
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
The LORD protects them
and keeps them alive.
He gives them prosperity in the land
and rescues them from their enemies.
and keeps them alive.
He gives them prosperity in the land
and rescues them from their enemies.
Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
The LORD nurses them when they are sick
and restores them to health.
and restores them to health.
Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness.
“O LORD,” I prayed, “have mercy on me.
Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
But my enemies say nothing but evil about me.
“How soon will he die and be forgotten?” they ask.
“How soon will he die and be forgotten?” they ask.
Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?
They visit me as if they were my friends,
but all the while they gather gossip,
and when they leave, they spread it everywhere.
but all the while they gather gossip,
and when they leave, they spread it everywhere.
And if one come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].
All who hate me whisper about me,
imagining the worst.
imagining the worst.
All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.
“He has some fatal disease,” they say.
“He will never get out of that bed!”
“He will never get out of that bed!”
A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more.
Even my best friend, the one I trusted completely,
the one who shared my food, has turned against me.
the one who shared my food, has turned against me.
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.
LORD, have mercy on me.
Make me well again, so I can pay them back!
Make me well again, so I can pay them back!
But thou, Jehovah, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
I know you are pleased with me,
for you have not let my enemies triumph over me.
for you have not let my enemies triumph over me.
By this I know that thou delightest in me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
You have preserved my life because I am innocent;
you have brought me into your presence forever.
you have brought me into your presence forever.
But as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.