1 For the end, a Psalm of David.
2 Blessed [is the man] who thinks on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.
3 May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy.
4 May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; thou hast made all his bed in his sickness.
5 I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
6 Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, [saying], When shall he die, and his name perish?
7 And if he came to see [me], his heart spoke vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like manner.
8 All my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt.
9 They denounced a wicked word against me, [saying], Now that he lies, shall he not rise up again?
10 For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, lifted up [his] heel against me.
11 But thou, O Lord, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite them.
12 By this I know that thou hast delighted in me, because mine enemy shall not rejoice over me.
13 But thou didst help me because of [mine] innocence, and hast established me before thee for ever.
14 Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. So be it, so be it.