1. (2) Blessed is he that considereth the helpless; Hashem will deliver him in time of ra'ah (evil, trouble).
2. (3) Hashem will be shomer over him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed in ha'aretz; and Thou wilt not surrender him unto the desire of his enemies.
3. (4) Hashem will support him upon the sickbed; in his illness, all his bedridden languishing Thou wilt change (i.e., toward recovery).
4. (5) I said, Hashem, channeni (be gracious unto me); heal my nefesh; for I have sinned against Thee.
5. (6) Mine enemies speak rah (evil) of me: When will he die, and shmo (his name) perish?
6. (7) And if one cometh to see me, he speaketh falsely; his lev gathereth wickedness to itself; when he goeth lachutz (outside, around) he telleth it.
7. (8) All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.
8. (9) A thing of beliya'al (a wicked fate, i.e., a terminal illness), say they, cleaveth fast unto him, that when he lieth he shall rise up no more.