Parallel Chapters Blessed is He who Considers the Poor
(Matthew 26:17-25; Mark 14:12-21; Luke 22:7-13; John 13:18-30) | 1For the director of music. A psalm of David. Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the LORD delivers them in times of trouble. | 1Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him; | 1For the choir director. A Psalm of David. How blessed is he who considers the helpless; The LORD will deliver him in a day of trouble. | 1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. | 1For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. Happy is one who cares for the poor; the LORD will save him in a day of adversity. |
| 2The LORD protects and preserves them-- they are counted among the blessed in the land-- he does not give them over to the desire of their foes. | 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. | 2The LORD will protect him and keep him alive, And he shall be called blessed upon the earth; And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies. | 2The 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. | 2The LORD will keep him and preserve him; he will be blessed in the land. You will not give him over to the desire of his enemies. |
| 3The LORD sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness. | 3The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health. | 3The LORD will sustain him upon his sickbed; In his illness, You restore him to health. | 3The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. | 3The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed; You will heal him on the bed where he lies. |
| 4I said, "Have mercy on me, LORD; heal me, for I have sinned against you." | 4As for me, I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you!” | 4As for me, I said, "O LORD, be gracious to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You." | 4I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. | 4I said, " LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You." |
| 5My enemies say of me in malice, "When will he die and his name perish?" | 5My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die, and his name perish?” | 5My enemies speak evil against me, "When will he die, and his name perish?" | 5Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? | 5My enemies speak maliciously about me:" When will he die and be forgotten?" |
| 6When one of them comes to see me, he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander; then he goes out and spreads it around. | 6And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad. | 6And when he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood; His heart gathers wickedness to itself; When he goes outside, he tells it. | 6And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. | 6When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully; he stores up evil in his heart; he goes out and talks. |
| 7All my enemies whisper together against me; they imagine the worst for me, saying, | 7All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me. | 7All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me they devise my hurt, saying, | 7All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. | 7All who hate me whisper together about me; they plan to harm me." |
| 8"A vile disease has afflicted him; he will never get up from the place where he lies." | 8They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him; he will not rise again from where he lies.” | 8"A wicked thing is poured out upon him, That when he lies down, he will not rise up again." | 8An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. | 8Lethal poison has been poured into him, and he won't rise again from where he lies!" |
| 9Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me. | 9Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me. | 9Even my close friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me. | 9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. | 9Even my friend in whom I trusted, one who ate my bread, has raised his heel against me. |
| 10But may you have mercy on me, LORD; raise me up, that I may repay them. | 10But you, O LORD, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them! | 10But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, That I may repay them. | 10But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. | 10But You, LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up; then I will repay them. |
| 11I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me. | 11By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not shout in triumph over me. | 11By this I know that You are pleased with me, Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me. | 11By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. | 11By this I know that You delight in me: my enemy does not shout in triumph over me. |
| 12Because of my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever. | 12But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever. | 12As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And You set me in Your presence forever. | 12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. | 12You supported me because of my integrity and set me in Your presence forever. |
| 13Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen. | 13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen. | 13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen. | 13Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. | 13May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and amen. |
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