2 The Lord protects and preserves them –they are counted among the blessed in the land –he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.
3 The Lord sustains them on their sick-bedand restores them from their bed of illness.
4 I said, ‘Have mercy on me, Lord;heal me, for I have sinned against you.’
5 My enemies say of me in malice,‘When will he die and his name perish?’
6 When one of them comes to see me,he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander;then he goes out and spreads it around.
7 All my enemies whisper together against me;they imagine the worst for me, saying,
8 ‘A vile disease has afflicted him;he will never get up from the place where he lies.’