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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^[b] of his enemies.
³ Yahweh sustains him on his sick bed.
In his illness, you restore to health.^[c]
4 As for me, I said, "O Yahweh, be gracious to me.
Heal me,^[d] 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^[e] 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,^[f] 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.
¹³ Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.