Al director musical. Acompáñese con instrumentos de cuerda. Masquil de David.
1Escucha, oh Dios, mi oración; no pases por alto mi súplica.2¡Óyeme y respóndeme, porque mis angustias me perturban! Me aterran3las amenazas del enemigo y la opresión de los impíos, pues me causan sufrimiento y en su enojo me insultan.4Se me estremece el corazón dentro del pecho, y me invade un pánico mortal.5Temblando estoy de miedo, sobrecogido estoy de terror.6¡Cómo quisiera tener las alas de una paloma y volar hasta encontrar reposo!7Me iría muy lejos de aquí; me quedaría a vivir en el desierto. Selah8Presuroso volaría a mi refugio, para librarme del viento borrascoso y de la tempestad.9¡Destrúyelos, Señor! ¡Confunde su lengua! En la ciudad solo veo contiendas y violencia;10día y noche rondan por sus muros, y dentro de ella hay intrigas y maldad.11En su seno hay fuerzas destructivas; de sus calles no se apartan la opresión y el engaño.12Si un enemigo me insultara, yo lo podría soportar; si un adversario me humillara, de él me podría yo esconder.13Pero lo has hecho tú, un hombre como yo, mi compañero, mi mejor amigo,14a quien me unía una bella amistad, con quien convivía en la casa de Dios.15¡Que sorprenda la muerte a mis enemigos! ¡Que caigan vivos al sepulcro, pues en ellos habita la maldad!16Pero yo clamaré a Dios, y el SEÑOR me salvará.17Mañana, tarde y noche clamo angustiado, y él me escucha.18Aunque son muchos los que me combaten, él me rescata, me salva la vida en la batalla que se libra contra mí.19¡Dios, que reina para siempre, habrá de oírme y los afligirá! Selah Esa gente no cambia de conducta, no tiene temor de Dios.20Levantan la mano contra sus amigos y no cumplen sus compromisos.21Su boca es blanda como la manteca, pero sus pensamientos son belicosos. Sus palabras son más suaves que el aceite, pero no son sino espadas desenvainadas.22Encomienda al SEÑOR tus afanes, y él te sostendrá; no permitirá que el justo caiga y quede abatido para siempre.23Tú, oh Dios, abatirás a los impíos y los arrojarás en la fosa de la muerte; la gente sanguinaria y mentirosa no llegará ni a la mitad de su vida. Yo, por mi parte, en ti confío.
1To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil[1] of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy! (Sal 4:1; Sal 54:2; Sal 61:1; Sal 86:6)2Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan, (Sal 55:17; Sal 64:1; Is 38:14; Is 59:11)3because of the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me. (2 S 16:7)4My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me. (Sal 116:3)5Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me. (Job 21:6; Sal 78:53; Is 21:4; Ez 7:18)6And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;7yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; (Jer 9:2)8I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest.” (Sal 83:15)9Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city. (Gn 11:9; Jer 6:7)10Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble are within it; (Sal 5:9)11ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace. (Sal 10:7)12For it is not an enemy who taunts me— then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me— then I could hide from him. (Job 19:5)13But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend. (2 S 15:12; 2 S 16:23; Sal 41:9)14We used to take sweet counsel together; within God’s house we walked in the throng. (Sal 42:4)15Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart. (Nm 16:30; Nm 16:33; Sal 124:3; Pr 1:12)16But I call to God, and the Lord will save me.17Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice. (Sal 5:3; Sal 55:2; Sal 88:13; Sal 92:2; Sal 141:2; Dn 6:10; Hch 3:1; Hch 10:3; Hch 10:9; Hch 10:30)18He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me. (Sal 56:2)19God will give ear and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old, because they do not change and do not fear God. (Dt 33:27; Job 10:17; Job 21:7)20My companion[2] stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant. (Hch 12:1)21His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. (Sal 28:3; Sal 57:4; Pr 5:3)22Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. (Sal 10:6; Sal 37:5)23But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you. (Job 15:32; Sal 5:6; Sal 11:1; Sal 55:15; Sal 56:7; Sal 59:11; Sal 69:15; Sal 94:13; Pr 10:27)