1 The Blessing and Suffering of the Godly To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; Ps. 27:12 You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
3 The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed.
4 I said, “ Lord , be merciful to me; Ps. 6:2; 103:3; 147:3 Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
5 My enemies speak evil of me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
6 And if he comes to see me, he speaks lies; His heart gathers iniquity to itself; When he goes out, he tells it.
7 All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me they devise my hurt.
8 “An evil disease,” they say, “clings to him. And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more.”
9 2 Sam. 15:12; Job 19:13, 19 Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Ps. 55:12–14, 20; Jer. 20:10; Obad. 7; (Mic. 7:5); Matt. 26:14–16, 21–25, 47–50; John 13:18, 21–30; Acts 1:16, 17 Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.
10 But You, O Lord , be merciful to me, and raise me up, That I may repay them.
11 By this I know that You are well pleased with me, Because my enemy does not triumph over me.
12 As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And (Job 36:7; Ps. 21:6; 34:15) set me before Your face forever.
13 Ps. 72:18, 19; 89:52; 106:48; 150:6 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.