Salmos 17

1 Oye, o! Jehová, la justicia; está atento a mi clamor: escucha mi oración, hecha sin labios de engaño.

A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit.

2 De delante de tu rostro salga mi juicio: vean tus ojos la rectitud.

From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly.

3 Tú has probado mi corazón; me has visitado de noche; refinásteme, y no hallaste: lo que pensé no pasó mi boca.

Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.

4 Para las obras humanas, por la palabra de tus labios yo observé los caminos del violento.

As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;

5 Sustenta mis pasos en tus caminos, porque mis pies no resbalen.

To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.

6 Yo te he invocado, por cuanto tú me oyes, o! Dios; inclina a mí tu oreja, oye mi palabra.

I — I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.

7 Haz maravillosas tus misericordias, salvador de los que en ti confían, de los que se levantan contra tu diestra.

Separate wonderfully Thy kindness, O Saviour of the confiding, By Thy right hand, from withstanders.

8 Guárdame como a lo negro de la niñeta del ojo, escóndeme con la sombra de tus alas.

Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me.

9 De delante de los malos que me oprimieron: de mis enemigos que me cercan por la vida.

From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.

10 Cerrados con su grosura: con su boca hablan soberbiamente.

Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:

11 Nuestros pasos nos han cercado ahora: ponen sus ojos para tender nos a tierra;

'Our steps now have compassed [him];' Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.

12 Parecen al león que desea hacer presa: y al leoncillo que está escondido.

His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.

13 Levántate, o! Jehová; anticipa su rostro: póstrale: escapa mi alma del malo con tu espada;

Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,

14 De los varones con tu mano, o! Jehová: de los varones de mundo cuya parte es en esta vida: cuyo vientre hinches de tu tesoro: hartan sus hijos, y dejan la resta a sus chiquitos.

From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, And [with] Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied [with] sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

15 Yo en justicia veré tu rostro: hartarme he cuando despertare a tu semejanza.

I — in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Thy form!