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 the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
2 De delante de tu rostro salga mi juicio: vean tus ojos la rectitud.
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes look upon equity.
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 mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
4 Para las obras humanas, por la palabra de tus labios yo observé los caminos del violento.
As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.
5 Sustenta mis pasos en tus caminos, porque mis pies no resbalen.
My steps have held fast to thy paths, my feet have not slipped.
6 Yo te he invocado, por cuanto tú me oyes, o! Dios; inclina a mí tu oreja, oye mi palabra.
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, [and] hear my speech.
7 Haz maravillosas tus misericordias, salvador de los que en ti confían, de los que se levantan contra tu diestra.
Shew thy marvelous lovingkindness, O thou that savest them which put their trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them], by thy right hand.
8 Guárdame como a lo negro de la niñeta del ojo, escóndeme con la sombra de tus alas.
Keep 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 that spoil me, my deadly enemies, that compass me about.
10 Cerrados con su grosura: con su boca hablan soberbiamente.
They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
11 Nuestros pasos nos han cercado ahora: ponen sus ojos para tender nos a tierra;
They have now compassed us in our steps: they set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.
12 Parecen al león que desea hacer presa: y al leoncillo que está escondido.
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were 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, confront him, cast him down: deliver my soul 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 [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: they are satisfied with children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
15 Yo en justicia veré tu rostro: hartarme he cuando despertare a tu semejanza.
As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
