1 ARST How fortunate are those who provide for the poor; Yahweh will rescue those people when they have troubles. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
2 ARST Yahweh will protect them and allow them to live for a long time. He will enable them to be happy in the land of Israel and will rescue them from their enemies. BSB BSB: The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes.
3 ARST When they are sick, Yahweh will strengthen them and will heal them. BSB BSB: The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
4 ARST When I was sick, I said,“Yahweh, act mercifully toward me and heal me; I know that I am sick because I have sinned against you.” BSB BSB: I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
5 ARST My enemies say cruel things about me; they say,“How soon will he die, and then everyone will forget about him?” BSB BSB: My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
6 ARST When my enemies come to me, they pretend to be concerned about me. They eagerly listen to all the bad news about me. Then they go away and tell everyone what is happening to me. BSB BSB: My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
7 ARST All those who hate me whisper to others about me, and they hope that very bad things will happen to me. BSB BSB: All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
8 ARST They say,“He will soon die because of his being sick; he will never get up from his bed before he dies.” BSB BSB: “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
9 ARST Even a very close friend, whom I trusted very much, who often ate with me, has betrayed me. BSB BSB: Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
10 ARST But Yahweh, act mercifully to me, and enable me to become healthy again. When you do that, I will be able to pay back my enemies. BSB BSB: But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
11 ARST If you enable me to do that, with the result that my enemies do not defeat me, I will know that you are pleased with me. BSB BSB: By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
12 ARST I will know that it is because I have done what is right that you have helped me, and I will know that you will enable me to be with you forever. BSB BSB: In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
13 ARST Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship; Praise him forever! Amen! I desire that it will be so! BSB BSB: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
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