God’s Word
For Everyday Life

Blessed is he who considers the poor.

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive.

The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed,

I said, “LORD, have mercy on me!

My enemies speak evil against me:

If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood.

All who hate me whisper together against me.

“An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him.

Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,

But you, LORD, have mercy on me, and raise me up,

By this I know that you delight in me,

As for me, you uphold me in my integrity,

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,