[1] Blessed is he who considers the poor: Yahweh will deliver him in the
day of evil. [2] Yahweh 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] Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, And restore him
from his bed of illness. [4] I said, " Yahweh, 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 come 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. [8] "An evil disease," they say, "has
afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more." [9] Yes, my
own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who ate bread with me, Has
lifted up his heel against me. [10] But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and
raise me up, That I may repay them. [11] By this I know that you delight
in me, Because my enemy doesn`t triumph over me. [12] As for me, you
uphold me in my integrity, And set me in your presence forever. [13]
Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to
everlasting! Amen and amen. BOOK II Psalm 42 For the Chief
Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah.
