Beatus qui intelligit. Psal. xli.
THe man is blest that careful is
the needy to consider:
For in the season perilous
the Lord will him deliver.
[verse 2] The Lord will make him safe and sound,
and happy in the land:
And he will not deliver him
into his enemies hand.
[verse 3] And in his bed when he lies sick,
the Lord will him restore:
And thou, O Lord, wilt turn to health
his sickness and his sore.
[verse 4] Then in my sickness thus said I,
Have mercy, Lord, on me,
And heal my soul which is full wo
that I offended thee.
[verse 5] Mine enemies wisht me ill in heart,
and thus of me did say,
When shall he die, that all his name
may vanish quite away?
[verse 6] And when they come to visit me,
they ask if I do well:
But in their hearts mischief they hatch,
and to their mates it tell.
[verse 7] They bite their lips and whisper so,
as though they would me charm,
And cast their fetches how to trap
me with some mortal harm.
[verse 8] Some grievous sin hath brought him to
this sickness, say they plain:
He is so low that without doubt
rise can he not again.
[verse 9] The man also that I did trust,
with me did use deceit:
Who at my table ate my bread,
the same for me laid wait.
[verse 10] Have mercy, Lord, on me therefore,
and let me be preserv'd:
That I may render unto them
the things they have deserv'd.
[verse 11] By this I know assuredly
to be belov'd of thee,
When that mine enemies have no cause
to triumph over me.
[verse 12] But in my right thou hast me kept,
and maintained alway:
And in thy presence place assign'd
where I shall dwell for ay.
[verse 13] The Lord the God of Israel
he praised evermore:
Even so be it, Lord, will I say,
even so be it therefore.