Read the Bible

O Yahweh, Be Gracious to Me

¹ How blessed is he who ^(C1)considers the ^(F1)poor;
Yahweh will provide him escape ^(C2)in a day of ^(F2)calamity.

² Yahweh will ^(C1)keep him and keep him alive,
And he shall be ^(C2)blessed upon the earth;
And ^(C3)do not give him over to the desire of his enemies.

³ Yahweh will sustain him upon his sickbed;
In his illness, You ^(F1)restore him to health.

⁴ As for me, I said, "O Yahweh, be gracious to me;
^(C1)Heal my soul, for ^(C2)I have sinned against You."

⁵ My enemies ^(C1)speak evil against me,
"When will he die, and his name perish?"

⁶ And ^(F1)when he comes to see me, he ^(C1)speaks ^(F2)worthlessness;
His heart gathers wickedness to itself;
When he goes outside, he speaks it.

⁷ All who hate me whisper together against me;
Against me, they ^(C1)devise for me ^(F1)calamity, saying,

⁸ "A vile thing is poured out ^(F1)upon him,
That when he lies down, he will ^(C1)not rise up again."

⁹ Even my ^(C1)close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁰ But You, O Yahweh, be gracious to me and ^(C1)raise me up,
That I may repay them.

¹¹ By this I know that ^(C1)You delight in me,
Because ^(C2)my enemy makes no shout in triumph over me.

¹² As for me, ^(C1)You uphold me in my integrity,
And You make me ^(C2)stand firm in Your presence forever.

^13 (C1)Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
From everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.