O bless'd is he that wisely doth

Verse 1

O bless'd is he that does the poor consider and relieve! The LORD deliv'rance will to him in time of trouble give.

Verse 2

The LORD will keep and make him live; on earth he bless'd shall be; Thou wilt not give him to the will of any enemy.

Verse 3

Upon the bed of languishing the LORD will him sustain; Yea thou wilt easy make his bed when sick or seiz'd with pain.

Verse 4

I said, "JEHOVAH now to me "thy tender grace I crave; "Heal Thou my wounded soul, because, "I sinn'd against Thee have.

Verse 5

Those men who are mine enemies, with evil me defame; Their speeches are - "when will he die, "and perish shall his name?"

Verse 6

And when they come to visit me, they wholly speak in fraud; But gather evil in their hearts, and spread it then abroad.

Verse 7

My foes against me all conspire and whisper secretly, Concerning me; to work my hurt, they plot maliciously.

Verse 8

With joy they say, "There cleaves to him "some bad disease or sore; "Which mortifies and casts him down, "that he shall rise no more."

Verse 9

Yea, ev'n my own familiar friend, on whom I did rely; Who eat my bread, yet hath his heel against me lifted high.

Verse 10

But Thou, O LORD, be merciful to me, I humbly pray; And raise me up, that i their crimes may properly repay.

Verse 11

By this I know assuredly, I favour'd am by Thee; That thou allowest not my foes to triumph over me.

Verse 12

But Thou, in mine integrity, dost always me sustain; And settest me before thy face for ever to remain.

Verse 13

The LORD, the God of Israel, hath from eternity Been bless'd, and shall be evermore: AMEN, AMEN, say we.