¹(Til sangmesteren. En salme af David.) Salig den Mand, der tager sig af de svage, ham frelser HERREN på Ulykkens Dag;

¹To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

²HERREN vogter ham, holder ham i Live, det går ham vel i Landet, han giver ham ikke i Fjendevold.

²Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.

³På Sottesengen står HERREN ham bi, hans Smertensleje gør du ham let.

³Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.

⁴Så siger jeg da: Vær mig nådig, HERRE, helbred min Sjæl, jeg har syndet mod dig!

⁴I — I said, `O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,`

⁵Mine Fjender ønsker mig ondt: "Hvornår mon han dør og hans Navn udslettes?"

⁵Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth — his name hath perished!

⁶Kommer en i Besøg, så fører han hyklerisk Tale, hans Hjerte samler på ondt, og så går han bort og taler derom.

⁶And if he came to see — vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out — at the street he speaketh.

⁷Mine Avindsmænd hvisker sammen imod mig, alle regner de med, at det går mig ilde:

⁷All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:

⁸"En dødelig Sot har grebet ham; han ligger der - kommer aldrig op!"

⁸A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.

⁹Endog min Ven, som jeg stolede på, som spiste mit Brød, har løftet Hælen imod mig.

⁹Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,

¹⁰Men du, o HERRE, vær mig nådig og rejs mig, så jeg kan øve Gengæld imod dem.

¹⁰And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.

¹¹Deraf kan jeg kende, at du har mig kær, at min Fjende ikke skal juble over mig.

¹¹By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.

¹²Du holder mig oppe i Kraft af min Uskyld, lader mig stå for dit Åsyn til evig Tid.

¹²As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.

¹³Lovet være HERREN, Israels Gud, fra Evighed og til Evighed, Amen, Amen!

¹³Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age — and unto the age. Amen and Amen.