Though he falls, he is not cast down, For יהוה is supporting his hand.
יהוה is supporting all who are falling, And raising up all who are bowed down.
יהוה lifts up the meek ones, He throws the wrong ones down to the ground.
For the arms of the wrongdoers are broken, But יהוה sustains the righteous.
And He drew me Out of the pit of destruction, Out of the muddy clay, And He set my feet upon a rock, He is establishing my steps.
They bear you up in their hands, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
When I said, “My foot has slipped,” Your loving-commitment, O יהוה, supported me.
For seven times a righteous man falls and rises, But the wrong one stumbles into evil.
And Shim‛on blessed them, and said to Miryam His mother, “See, this One is set for a fall and rising of many in Yisra’ĕl, and for a sign spoken against –