Blessed is he that considereth the poor:

2 Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive,

3 Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing:

4 I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me:

5 Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying,

6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood;

7 All that hate me whisper together against me;

8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him;

9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,

10 But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up,

11 By this I know that thou delightest in me,

12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity,

13 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, BOOK II