To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

For the conductor, a psalm of David.

Blessed is he who considers the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the day of evil.

Fortunate is he who attends upon the poor one [i.e., who visits the sick, viz. II Samuel 13:4]. The L rd will rescue him on a day of evil [i.e., He will rescue him from Gehinnom; and, in this life,]

The Lord preserves him, and keeps him alive; he is called happy upon the earth: and Thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

The L rd will guard him and keep him in life. He will be praised throughout the land, and You will not surrender him to the will of his foes.

The Lord strengthens him upon the bed of sickness: whenever he is prostrate Thou recoverest him in his illness.

The L rd will sustain him on the couch of affliction, [even when] You have turned all of his ease [(into torture)] in his sickness.

I said, Lord, be gracious to me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against Thee.

[In my sickness there are none who attend upon me, and when] I cry out: O L rd, be gracious to me, heal my soul for I have sinned to You,

My enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

My foes speak evil for me: "When will he die and his name go lost!"

And if one comes to see me, he speaks vanity: his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes abroad, he tells it.

And if [one] comes to see [me], he speaks falsely [(feigning sorrow)], his heart [all the while] gathering [thoughts of] iniquity for himself, and, when he goes out, speaking [them].

All that hate me whisper together against me: against me they devise my hurt.

All of my enemies whisper together against me, contemplating evil for me, [viz.]:

An evil disease, say they, cleaves fast to him: and from where he lies he shall rise up no more.

Even my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who did eat of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

Even my ally, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has spread an ambush against me.

But Thou, O Lord, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may pay them back.

And You, O L rd, be gracious to me, and raise me up, and I shall repay them.

By this I know that Thou favourest me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.

By this I will know that You desired me — when my foes do not exult over me,

And as for me, Thou upholdest me in my integrity, and settest me before Thy face for ever.

And [then I will see] that You sustained me in my innocence and set me before You forever.

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Yisra᾽el from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

[When I rise from my illness, I will bless You thus:] Blessed is the L rd, the G d of Israel, from one end of the world until the other — Amen, Amen.