New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor! The LORD rescues them when they are in trouble.
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To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.
2 The LORD protects them and keeps them alive. He gives them prosperity in the land and rescues them from their enemies.
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Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.
3 The LORD nurses them when they are sick and restores them to health.
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Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.
4 “O LORD,” I prayed, “have mercy on me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
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I -- I said, `O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'
5 But my enemies say nothing but evil about me. “How soon will he die and be forgotten?” they ask.
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Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth -- his name hath perished!
6 They visit me as if they were my friends, but all the while they gather gossip, and when they leave, they spread it everywhere.
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And if he came to see -- vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out -- at the street he speaketh.
7 All who hate me whisper about me, imagining the worst.
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All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:
8 “He has some fatal disease,” they say. “He will never get out of that bed!”
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A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.
9 Even my best friend, the one I trusted completely, the one who shared my food, has turned against me.
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Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,
10 LORD, have mercy on me. Make me well again, so I can pay them back!
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And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.
11 I know you are pleased with me, for you have not let my enemies triumph over me.
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By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.
12 You have preserved my life because I am innocent; you have brought me into your presence forever.
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As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.
13 Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who lives from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and amen!
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Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age -- and unto the age. Amen and Amen.