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.
7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.