| 1 | Blessed is he who considers the poor: Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil. |
| 2 | Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive, He shall be blessed on the earth, And he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies. |
| 3 | Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, And restore him from his bed of illness. |
| 4 | I said, ' Yahweh, have mercy on me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you.' |
| 5 | My enemies speak evil against me: 'When will he die, and his name perish?' |
| 6 | If he come to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it. |
| 7 | All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me. |
| 8 | 'An evil disease,' they say, 'has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.' |
| 9 | Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who ate bread with me, Has lifted up his heel against me. |
| 10 | But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, That I may repay them. |
| 11 | By this I know that you delight in me, Because my enemy doesn't triumph over me. |
| 12 | As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, And set me in your presence forever. |
| 13 | Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen. BOOK II Psalm 42 For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah. |