| 1. For the conductor, a song of David. |
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| 2. Praiseworthy is he who looks after the poor; on a day of calamity the Lord will rescue him. |
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| 3. The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, and he will be praised in the land, and You will not deliver him into the desire of his enemies. |
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| 4. The Lord will support him on his sickbed; when You have transformed his entire restfulness in his illness. |
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| 5. I said, "O Lord, be gracious to me; heal my soul because I have sinned against You." |
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| 6. My enemies speak evil of me; "When will he die and his name be lost?" |
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| 7. And if he comes to see [me], he speaks falsely; his heart gathers iniquity for him; when he goes outside, he talks. |
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| 8. All my enemies whisper together about me; concerning me, they think evil. |
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| 9. "An evil thing shall be poured into him, and once he lies down, he will no longer rise." |
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| 10. Even my ally, in whom I trusted, who eats my bread, developed an ambush for me. |
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| 11. But You, O Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up, so that I may repay them. |
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| 12. With this I shall know that You desired me, when my enemy does not shout joyfully over me. |
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| 13. As for me, because of my innocence You shall support me, and stand me up before You forever. |
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| 14. Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel from all times past and to all times to come. Amen and amen. |
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