| Berean Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble. | 1Blessed is the one who is considerate of the destitute; the LORD will deliver him when the times are evil. |
| 2The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes. | 2The LORD will protect him and keep him alive; he will be blessed in the land; and he will not be handed over to the desires of his enemies. |
| 3The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness. | 3The LORD will uphold him even on his sickbed; you will transform his bed of illness into health. |
| 4I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.” | 4As for me, I said, "LORD, be gracious to me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!" |
| 5My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?” | 5As for my enemies, with malice they said, "When will he die and memory of his name perish?" |
| 6My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad. | 6The one who comes to visit me speaks lies; in his heart he thinks slanderous things about me and goes around spreading them. |
| 7All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me: | 7As for all who hate me, they whisper together against me; they desire to do me harm. |
| 8“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!” | 8They say, "Wickedness is entrenched in him. Once he is brought low, he will not rise again." |
| 9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. | 9As for my best friend, the one in whom I trusted, the one who ate my bread, even he has insulted 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 so that I may pay them back! |
| 11By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me. | 11In this way I will know that you are pleased with me, and that my enemies will not shout in triumph over me. |
| 12In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever. | 12As for me, you will maintain my just cause, and you will cause me to stand in your presence forever. |
| 13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen. | 13Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, from eternity to eternity. Amen and amen! |
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