1 For the one directing. A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he who acts wisely toward the poor; in a day of evil, YHWH will rescue him. VP
2 YHWH will guard him and keep him alive; he will be blessed in the land, and You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. VP
3 YHWH will support him on [his] couch of illness; You turn over all his bed in his sickness. VP
4 I said, “O YHWH, be gracious to me; heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.” VP
5 My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die and his name perish?” VP
6 And if one comes to see [me], he speaks emptiness; his heart gathers iniquity for himself; he goes out—at the street he speaks. VP
7 All those hating me, they whisper together against me; against me they devise evil to me: VP
8 “Let a thing of destruction be poured into him, and [he] who lies down shall not rise up again.” VP
9 Even a man of my welfare, he in whom I trusted, [who] ate my bread, has lifted up the heel against me. VP
10 But You, O YHWH, show favor to me and raise me up, that I may repay them! VP
11 By this I know that You have delighted in me: That my enemy will not shout over me. VP
12 And I, in my integrity, may You take hold of me and set me before Your face forever. VP
13 Blessed [be] YHWH, God of Israel, from forever and even to forever! Amen and Amen. VP