| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1For the choir director. A Psalm of David. How blessed is he who considers the helpless; The LORD will deliver him in a day of trouble. | 1For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. Happy is one who cares for the poor; the LORD will save him in a day of adversity. |
| 2The LORD will protect him and keep him alive, And he shall be called blessed upon the earth; And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies. | 2The LORD will keep him and preserve him; he will be blessed in the land. You will not give him over to the desire of his enemies. |
| 3The LORD will sustain him upon his sickbed; In his illness, You restore him to health. | 3The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed; You will heal him on the bed where he lies. |
| 4As for me, I said, "O LORD, be gracious to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You." | 4I said, " LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You." |
| 5My enemies speak evil against me, "When will he die, and his name perish?" | 5My enemies speak maliciously about me:" When will he die and be forgotten?" |
| 6And when he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood; His heart gathers wickedness to itself; When he goes outside, he tells it. | 6When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully; he stores up evil in his heart; he goes out and talks. |
| 7All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me they devise my hurt, saying, | 7All who hate me whisper together about me; they plan to harm me." |
| 8"A wicked thing is poured out upon him, That when he lies down, he will not rise up again." | 8Lethal poison has been poured into him, and he won't rise again from where he lies!" |
| 9Even my close friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me. | 9Even my friend in whom I trusted, one who ate my bread, has raised his heel against me. |
| 10But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, That I may repay them. | 10But You, LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up; then I will repay them. |
| 11By this I know that You are pleased with me, Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me. | 11By this I know that You delight in me: my enemy does not shout in triumph over me. |
| 12As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And You set me in Your presence forever. | 12You supported me because of my integrity and set me in Your presence forever. |
| 13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen. | 13May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and amen. |
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