1 Blessed is he who considers the poor.The Lord will deliver him in the day of evil.
2 The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive.He shall be blessed on the earth,and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
3 The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed,and restore him from his bed of illness.
4 I said, “Lord, have mercy on me!Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
5 My enemies speak evil against me:“When will he die, and his name perish?”
6 If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood.His heart gathers iniquity to itself.When he goes abroad, he tells it.
7 All who hate me whisper together against me.They imagine the worst for me.