1Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
2TheLORDH3068will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he shall beblessedאַ֭שְׁרֵי'Ash.reiH835uponאֶל־'el-H413the earth; anddeliverיְֽמַלְּטֵ֥הוּye.ma.le.Te.huH4422not thou him unto the will of his enemies.
3TheLORDH3068will support him upon the couch of languishing: thou makest all his bed in his sickness.
4I said, OLORDיְֽהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, havemercyיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068uponH5921meH5921:healהָפַ֥כְתָּha.Fakh.taH2015my soul; for I have sinnedagainstH5921thee.
5Mine enemiesspeakH559evilagainstחָטָ֥אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398meנַ֝פְשִׁ֗יnaf.ShiH5315,sayingH559, When shall he die, and hisnameH559perish?
6And if he come to seemeיָ֝מ֗וּתya.MutH4191, he speaketh vanity; his heart gathereth iniquity to itself: when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
7All that hatemeH935whispertogetherיִקְבָּץ־yik.botz-H6908againstיְדַבֵּ֗רye.da.BerH1696meH935:againstיְדַבֵּֽר׃ye.da.BerH1696meH935doוְאִם־ve.'im-H518they devise my hurt.
8Anevilרָעָ֣הra.'AhH7451disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall riseupעָלַ֣י'a.LaiH5921noכָּל־kol-H3605moreעָלַ֓י׀'a.LaiH5921.
9Yea, mine own familiar friend, inwhomH834I trusted,whichH834didH834eat of my bread, hath liftedupלָקֽוּם׃la.KumH6965his heelagainstדְּֽבַר־de.var-H1697meיוֹסִ֥יףyo.SifH3254.
10But thou, O LORD, have mercyuponH5921meH5921, and raisemeH5921upH5921, that I may requite them.
11By this I know that thou delightest inmeH859, because mine enemy doth not triumph overmeH859.
12And as formeH5921, thou upholdestmeH5921in mine integrity, and settestmeH5921beforeH5921thy face for ever.
13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, fromeverlastingH5769and toeverlastingH5769. Amen, and Amen.
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