Salmos 17
1 Oye, o! Jehová, la justicia; está atento a mi clamor: escucha mi oración, hecha sin labios de engaño.
“A psalm of David.” Hear the righteous cause, O LORD! Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer from lips without deceit!
2 De delante de tu rostro salga mi juicio: vean tus ojos la rectitud.
May my sentence come forth from thy presence; May thine eyes behold uprightness!
3 Tú has probado mi corazón; me has visitado de noche; refinásteme, y no hallaste: lo que pensé no pasó mi boca.
Provest thou my heart, visitest thou me in the night, Triest thou me like gold, thou shalt find nothing!
4 Para las obras humanas, por la palabra de tus labios yo observé los caminos del violento.
My thoughts do not vary from my lips. As to the deeds of men, Through the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5 Sustenta mis pasos en tus caminos, porque mis pies no resbalen.
Support my steps in thy paths, That my feet may not slip!
6 Yo te he invocado, por cuanto tú me oyes, o! Dios; inclina a mí tu oreja, oye mi palabra.
I call upon thee, O God! for thou wilt hear me; Incline thine ear to me, and listen to my prayer!
7 Haz maravillosas tus misericordias, salvador de los que en ti confían, de los que se levantan contra tu diestra.
Show forth thy loving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand Them that seek refuge in thee from their adversaries!
8 Guárdame como a lo negro de la niñeta del ojo, escóndeme con la sombra de tus alas.
Guard me as the apple of the eye; Hide me under the shadow of thy wings
9 De delante de los malos que me oprimieron: de mis enemigos que me cercan por la vida.
From the wicked who assault me, From my deadly enemies who compass me about!
10 Cerrados con su grosura: con su boca hablan soberbiamente.
They shut up their hard heart; With their mouth they speak haughtily.
11 Nuestros pasos nos han cercado ahora: ponen sus ojos para tender nos a tierra;
They encompass us in all our steps; They fix their eyes upon us, that they may cast us on the ground.
12 Parecen al león que desea hacer presa: y al leoncillo que está escondido.
They are like a lion, eager for his prey; Like a young lion, lurking in secret places.
13 Levántate, o! Jehová; anticipa su rostro: póstrale: escapa mi alma del malo con tu espada;
Arise, O LORD! disappoint them, cast them down! Deliver me from the wicked by 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, by thy hand, O LORD! from men of the world, Whose portion is in life; whom thou loadest with thy treasure; Whose children have enough, and leave their superfluity to their children.
15 Yo en justicia veré tu rostro: hartarme he cuando despertare a tu semejanza.
But I through righteousness shall see thy face; I shall be satisfied with the revival of thy countenance.
