1Dios bendice a los que son buenos con los pobres. El SEÑOR los libra en tiempo de angustia.2Los protege y los mantiene vivos; los prospera y los libra de sus enemigos.3Los cuida en sus enfermedades, y alivia sus dolores y preocupaciones.4Oré diciendo: «SEÑOR, ten piedad y sáname, pues he pecado contra ti».5Pero mis enemigos dicen: «Ojalá muera pronto y caiga en el olvido».6¡Qué amistosos se muestran cuando me visitan! Y cuando se van, salen a contar las calumnias que recogieron. Y cuando se van, se ríen y se burlan.7Susurran entre ellos imaginando lo peor de mí.8«Tenga lo que tenga, es sin remedio»; dicen. «¡De esa cama no se levantará!».9Hasta mi mejor amigo se ha vuelto contra mí; el hombre en quien yo confiaba; ¡con el que compartía el pan!10¡SEÑOR, no me abandones! Muéstrate benigno y sáname, SEÑOR, para que pueda darles su merecido.11Veo que estás contento de mí porque no has permitido que mis enemigos me derroten.12Me has preservado por mi honradez; has permitido que para siempre esté en presencia tuya.13¡Bendigan al SEÑOR, al Dios de Israel, cuya existencia data de un eterno pasado, y se extiende a un eterno porvenir! ¡Así sea! ¡Amén!
1To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who considers the poor![1] In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him; (Sal 37:19; Pr 14:21)2the Lord protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies. (Sal 27:12)3The Lord sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health.[2]4As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me; heal me,[3] for I have sinned against you!” (2 Cr 30:20; Sal 4:1; Sal 6:2; Sal 147:3)5My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die, and his name perish?”6And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad. (Sal 12:2; Sal 144:8)7All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.[4]8They say, “A deadly thing is poured out[5] on him; he will not rise again from where he lies.”9Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me. (2 S 15:12; Job 19:13; Job 19:19; Sal 55:12; Sal 55:20; Jer 9:4; Jer 20:10; Miq 7:5; Jn 13:18)10But you, O Lord, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them!11By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not shout in triumph over me. (2 S 15:25)12But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever. (Job 36:7; Sal 23:6; Sal 26:1; Sal 63:8)13Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen. (Sal 72:18; Sal 89:52; Sal 106:48; Sal 150:6; Lc 1:68)