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 behold the things that are equal.

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] shalt find 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.

Concerning the works of men, by 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.

Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.

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 hear 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 marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them].

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 oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about.

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

They are inclosed 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 have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

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

Like as 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, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] 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 [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure: ] they are full of 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 will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.