• O Yahweh, Be Gracious to Me

  • 1 How blessed is he who considers the poor; Yahweh will provide him escape in a day of calamity.
  • 2 Yahweh will keep him and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And do 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; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
  • 5 My enemies speak evil against me, “When will he die, and his name perish?”
  • 6 And when he comes to see me, he speaks 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 devise for me calamity, saying,
  • 8 “A vile thing is poured out upon him, That when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”
  • 9 Even my close 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 raise me up, That I may repay them.
  • 11 By this I know that You delight in me, Because my enemy makes no shout in triumph over me.
  • 12 As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And You make me stand firm in Your presence forever.
  • 13 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.