O Yahweh, Be Gracious to Me
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How blessed is he who aconsiders the poor;
Yahweh will provide him escape bin a day of calamity.
2 Yahweh will akeep him and keep him alive,
And he shall be bblessed upon the earth;
And cdo not give him over to the desire of his enemies.
3 Yahweh will sustain him upon his sickbed;
In his illness, You restore him to health.
4 As for me, I said, “O Yahweh, be gracious to me;
aHeal my soul, for bI have sinned against You.”
5 My enemies aspeak evil against me,
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
6 And when he comes to see me, he aspeaks worthlessness;
His heart gathers wickedness to itself;
When he goes outside, he speaks it.
7 All who hate me whisper together against me;
Against me, they adevise for me calamity, saying,
8 “A vile thing is poured out upon him,
That when he lies down, he will anot rise up again.”
9 Even my aclose friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me.
10 But You, O Yahweh, be gracious to me and araise me up,
That I may repay them.
11 By this I know that aYou delight in me,
Because bmy enemy makes no shout in triumph over me.
12 As for me, aYou uphold me in my integrity,
And You make me bstand firm in Your presence forever.
13 aBlessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
From everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.