Sigaión de David, que elevó al Señor acerca de Cus el benjaminita.
1En tus manos me he puesto, oh SEÑOR, Dios mío, para que me salves de mis perseguidores.2No dejes que me devoren como leones, que me despedacen y me arrastren sin nadie que me libre.3Distinto sería, SEÑOR, si yo estuviera haciendo lo malo; si fuera injusto,4o si le hiciera daño a un amigo, o si a mi enemigo le quitaran sin razón lo que es suyo.5Entonces sí tendrías razón en permitir que mis enemigos me persigan y me alcancen, y pisoteen mi honra en el polvo.6¡Pero, SEÑOR, levántate airado contra la furia de mis enemigos! ¡Despierta! Exige que se me haga justicia, SEÑOR.7Reúne a todas las naciones delante de ti; siéntate muy por encima de ellos y juzga sus pecados.8Pero justifícame en público; establece mi honra y mi verdad ante todos ellos.9Pon fin a toda maldad, SEÑOR, y bendice a todos los que genuinamente te adoran porque tú, el justo Dios, miras hasta lo profundo del corazón de todo hombre y mujer, y examinas todas sus intenciones y pensamientos.10Dios es mi escudo. Él salva a los de corazón recto y puro.11Dios es un juez perfectamente justo; su ira contra los malvados es constante.12A menos que se arrepientan, él afilará su espada y tensará su arco;13ha preparado mortíferas armas y flechas de fuego.14El malvado concibe un plan perverso; está preñado de maldad y da a luz mentira;15que caiga él en su propia fosa que cavó para que cayeran otros.16Que la violencia que pensó para el prójimo, se vuelva contra él.17¡Cuán grande es mi gratitud para con el SEÑOR, por su justicia! Entonaré alabanzas al nombre del SEÑOR que está por sobretodos los señores.
1A Shiggaion[1] of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me, (Sal 11:1; Sal 31:15; Hab 3:1)2lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver. (Job 10:16; Sal 50:22)3O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, (1 S 24:11; 1 S 26:18; 2 S 16:7; Sal 59:3)4if I have repaid my friend[2] with evil or plundered my enemy without cause, (1 S 24:7; 1 S 26:9; Sal 55:20)5let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. (Sal 89:39; Dn 8:7)6Arise, O Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment. (Job 8:6; Sal 3:7; Sal 35:23; Sal 44:23; Sal 59:4; Sal 94:2; Is 33:10)7Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high.8The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me. (Sal 18:20; Sal 26:1; Sal 35:24; Sal 43:1; Sal 58:11)9Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous— you who test the minds and hearts,[3] O righteous God! (1 S 16:7; 1 Cr 28:9; Job 23:10; Sal 11:5; Sal 26:2; Sal 139:1; Jer 11:20; Jer 17:10; Jer 20:12; Ap 2:23)10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. (2 Cr 29:34; Sal 62:8)11God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day. (Job 8:3; Nah 1:2; Nah 1:6)12If a man[4] does not repent, God[5] will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow; (Dt 32:41; Sal 11:2; Sal 21:12; Sal 37:14)13he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts. (Sal 18:14; Ef 6:16)14Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies. (Job 15:35; Is 33:11; Is 59:4; Stg 1:15)15He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made. (Sal 9:15; Sal 57:6; Sal 119:85; Pr 26:27; Pr 28:10; Ec 10:8)16His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends. (Jue 9:24; 1 R 2:32; Est 7:10; Est 9:25; Sal 94:23; Sal 141:10; Pr 5:22)17I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High. (Sal 9:2)