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:
8 "A ruinous thing is poured out on him, and [now] that he lies down, he will not rise up again."
9 Even {my close friend}, whom I trusted, [who] ate my bread, has lifted [his] heel against me.
10 But you, O Yahweh, be gracious to me and raise me up that I may repay them.
11 By this I know that you delight in me: because my enemy has not shouted in triumph over me.
12 As for me, you have upheld me in my integrity, and you have set me in your presence forever.