1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed upon the earth; and deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.
3 The LORD will support him upon the couch of languishing: thou makest all his bed in his sickness.
4 I said, O LORD, have mercy upon me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5 Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish?
6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity; his heart gathereth iniquity to itself: when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.