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, 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.
 
The Holy Bible, King James Version. New York: American Bible Society:  
, 2010. 
. Nov 04, 2025.