1Blessed is the one who considers the poor![1] In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him; (Ps 37,19; Przyp 14,21)2the LORD protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies. (Ps 27,12)3The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health.[2]4As for me, I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me,[3] for I have sinned against you!” (2 Krn 30,20; Ps 4,1; Ps 6,2; Ps 147,3)5My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die, and his name perish?”6And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad. (Ps 12,2; Ps 144,8)7All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.[4]8They say, “A deadly thing is poured out[5] on him; he will not rise again from where he lies.”9Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me. (2 Sm 15,12; Job 19,13; Job 19,14; Job 19,19; Ps 55,12; Ps 55,13; Ps 55,20; Jer 9,4; Jer 20,10; Mi 7,5; Jan 13,18)10But you, O LORD, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them!11By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not shout in triumph over me. (2 Sm 15,25; 2 Sm 15,26)12But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever. (Job 36,7; Ps 23,6; Ps 26,1; Ps 63,8)13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen. (Ps 72,18; Ps 72,19; Ps 89,52; Ps 106,48; Ps 150,6; Łk 1,68)