1 B ienaventurado el que piensa en el pobre; en el día del mal el Señor lo librará.

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

2 E l Señor lo protegerá y lo mantendrá con vida, y será bienaventurado sobre la tierra; y no lo entregarás a la voluntad de sus enemigos.

Yahweh 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.

3 E l Señor lo sostendrá en su lecho de enfermo; en su enfermedad, restaurarás su salud.

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

4 Y o dije: Oh Señor, ten piedad de mí; sana mi alma, porque contra ti he pecado.

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

5 M is enemigos hablan mal contra mí, diciendo: ¿Cuándo morirá y perecerá su nombre?

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

6 Y si alguno viene a ver me, habla falsedades; su corazón recoge iniquidad para sí; cuando sale fuera, lo publica.

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

7 T odos los que me odian murmuran a una contra mí; traman hacerme daño, diciendo:

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

8 U na cosa del demonio ha sido derramada sobre él, así que cuando se acueste, no volverá a levantarse.

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

9 A un mi íntimo amigo en quien yo confiaba, el que de mi pan comía, contra mí ha levantado su calcañar.

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

10 P ero tú, oh Señor, ten piedad de mí y levántame, para que yo les pague como se merecen.

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

11 P or esto sé que conmigo te complaces, porque mi enemigo no canta victoria sobre mí.

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

12 E n cuanto a mí, me mantienes en mi integridad, y me afirmas en tu presencia para siempre.

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

13 B endito sea el Señor, Dios de Israel, desde la eternidad hasta la eternidad. Amén y amén.

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