¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. ²The LORD will protect and preserve him; ³The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness ⁴I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; ⁵My enemies say with malice: ⁶My visitor speaks falsehood; ⁷All who hate me whisper against me; ⁸“A vile disease has been poured into him; ⁹Even my close friend whom I trusted, ¹⁰But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, ¹¹By this I know that You delight in me, ¹²In my integrity You uphold me ¹³Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,