¹Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

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

²Yahweh 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.

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

³Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

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

⁴I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

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

⁵My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”

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

⁶If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

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

⁷All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

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

⁸“An evil disease,” they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”

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

⁹Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.

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

¹⁰But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.

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

¹¹By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.

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

¹²As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

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

¹³Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen. BOOK II

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