A Psalm of David.

Blessed is he that considereth [ponders upon] the poor:
the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
² The LORD will preserve him,
and keep him alive;
and he shall be blessed upon the earth:
and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
³ The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing:
thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

⁴ I said, LORD, be merciful unto me:
heal my soul;
for I have sinned against thee.
⁵ Mine enemies speak evil of me,
When shall he die,
and his name perish?
⁶ And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity:
his heart gathereth iniquity to itself;
when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

⁷ All that hate me whisper together against me:
against me do they devise my hurt.
⁸ An evil disease, say they,
cleaveth fast unto him:
and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
⁹ Yea, mine own familiar friend [man of my peace],
in whom I trusted,
which did eat of my bread,
hath lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁰ But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me,
and raise me up,
that I may requite them.
¹¹ By this I know that thou favourest me,
because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
¹² And as for me,
thou upholdest me in mine integrity,
and settest me before thy face for ever.

¹³ Blessed be the LORD God of Israel
from everlasting, and to everlasting.
Amen, and Amen.

* NOTE: On Opening and Closing Comments in the Psalms.
[Some commentators take the Psalm in Habakkuk 3 to be a standard model for the Psalms.
Habakkuk's Psalm begins with the name of the composer (Habakkuk) and a musical notation ("upon Shigionoth").
It closes with a dedication or a "send to" notice ("To the chief singer on my stringed instruments").
I have arranged similar material, where it is found in the Psalter, in accord with the model in Habakkuk.]