de Sociedad Bíblica Iberoamericana1¿Por qué estás lejos, oh YHVH, Y te escondes en tiempos de angustia?2Bajo la soberbia del impío el pobre es consumido. ¡Queden presos en las tramas que ellos mismos urdieron!3Porque el malo se jacta de lo que su alma ansía, Y el avaro maldice, y aborrece a YHVH.4Por la altivez de su rostro el malvado no inquiere, ’Elohim no está en sus pensamientos.5En todo tiempo sus caminos son torcidos, Tiene tus juicios lejos de su vista; Desprecia a todos sus adversarios,6Y dice en su corazón: No seré conmovido jamás, El infortunio no me alcanzará.7Su boca desborda de insultos, de engaños y de opresión, Debajo de su lengua hay agravios y maldades.8Se sienta al acecho, cerca de las aldeas, En escondrijos asesina al inocente. Sus ojos acechan para caerle al desvalido.9Acecha en lo encubierto, como el león desde su guarida, Acecha para arrebatar al pobre, Arrebata al pobre, atrayéndolo a su red.10Se encoge, se agazapa, Y los menesterosos caen en sus fuertes garras.11Dice en su corazón: ’El ha olvidado, Ha escondido su rostro, no lo verá jamás.12¡Levántate, oh YHVH! ¡Oh ’El, alza tu mano, Y no te olvides del humilde!13¿Por qué el malvado menosprecia a ’Elohim? Porque en su corazón piensa que no le pedirás cuenta.14Sin embargo Tú lo ves, Porque observas el agravio y la vejación, Para retribuirlo con tu mano. ¡A ti se encomienda el desvalido! ¡Tú eres el defensor del huérfano!15¡Quebranta el brazo del malvado y del perverso! ¡Persigue su impiedad hasta que no quede ninguna!16YHVH es Rey por siempre jamás, Las naciones que ocupaban su tierra han perecido.17Oh YHVH, Tú has oído el anhelo de los humildes, Sosiegas su corazón, tienes atento tu oído,18Para vindicar a los huérfanos y a los oprimidos, Para que el hombre de la tierra no vuelva a causar opresión.
1Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? (Sal 9:9; Sal 13:1; Sal 22:1; Sal 22:11; Sal 22:19; Sal 35:22; Sal 38:21)2In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised. (Sal 7:15)3For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses[1] and renounces the Lord. (Job 1:5; Job 1:11; Sal 10:13; Sal 94:4; Is 3:9)4In the pride of his face[2] the wicked does not seek him;[3] all his thoughts are, “There is no God.” (Sal 10:3; Sal 14:1; Sal 53:1)5His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them. (Sal 12:5; Is 26:11)6He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.” (Sal 10:11; Sal 10:13; Ap 18:7)7His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity. (Job 20:12; Sal 5:5; Sal 6:8; Sal 7:14; Sal 36:3; Sal 55:11; Sal 72:14; Sal 140:3; Cnt 4:11; Ro 3:14)8He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless; (Sal 17:12; Sal 64:4; Hab 3:14)9he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net. (Job 38:40; Sal 9:15; Sal 17:12; Sal 59:3; Miq 7:2)10The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might.11He says in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.” (Job 22:13; Sal 73:11; Sal 94:7; Ez 8:12; Ez 9:9; Sof 1:12)12Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted. (Sal 3:7; Sal 9:12; Sal 9:18; Miq 5:9)13Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”? (Sal 9:12; Sal 10:3)14But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless. (Sal 33:13; Sal 68:5; Sal 146:9; Os 14:3; 2 Ti 1:12; 1 P 4:19)15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call his wickedness to account till you find none. (Sal 37:17; Sal 37:36; Is 41:12)16The Lord is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land. (Ex 15:18; Dt 8:20; Sal 29:10; Jer 10:10; Lm 5:19; Dn 4:34; Dn 6:26; 1 Ti 1:17; Ap 11:15)17O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear (1 Cr 29:18)18to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more. (Sal 9:9; Sal 9:19; Sal 17:14; Sal 74:21; Sal 82:3; Is 1:17; Is 11:4)