| New Living Translation | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor! The LORD rescues them when they are in trouble. | 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. |
| 2The LORD protects them and keeps them alive. He gives them prosperity in the land and rescues them from their enemies. | 2The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes. |
| 3The LORD nurses them when they are sick and restores them to health. | 3The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness. |
| 4“O LORD,” I prayed, “have mercy on me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you.” | 4I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.” |
| 5But my enemies say nothing but evil about me. “How soon will he die and be forgotten?” they ask. | 5My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?” |
| 6They visit me as if they were my friends, but all the while they gather gossip, and when they leave, they spread it everywhere. | 6My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad. |
| 7All who hate me whisper about me, imagining the worst. | 7All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me: |
| 8“He has some fatal disease,” they say. “He will never get out of that bed!” | 8“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!” |
| 9Even my best friend, the one I trusted completely, the one who shared my food, has turned against me. | 9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. |
| 10LORD, have mercy on me. Make me well again, so I can pay them back! | 10But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them. |
| 11I know you are pleased with me, for you have not let my enemies triumph over me. | 11By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me. |
| 12You have preserved my life because I am innocent; you have brought me into your presence forever. | 12In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever. |
| 13Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who lives from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and amen! | 13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen. |
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