de Biblica1Defiéndeme, Señor, de los que me atacan; combate a los que me combaten.2Toma tu adarga, tu escudo, y acude en mi ayuda.3Empuña la lanza y el hacha, y haz frente a[1] los que me persiguen. Quiero oírte decir: «Yo soy tu salvación.»4Queden confundidos y avergonzados los que procuran matarme; retrocedan humillados los que traman mi ruina.5Sean como la paja en el viento, acosados por el ángel del Señor;6sea su senda oscura y resbalosa, perseguidos por el ángel del Señor.7Ya que sin motivo me tendieron una trampa, y sin motivo cavaron una fosa para mí,8que la ruina los tome por sorpresa; que caigan en su propia trampa, en la fosa que ellos mismos cavaron.9Así mi alma se alegrará en el Señor y se deleitará en su salvación;10así todo mi ser exclamará: «¿Quién como tú, Señor? Tú libras de los poderosos a los pobres; a los pobres y necesitados libras de aquellos que los explotan.»11Se presentan testigos despiadados y me preguntan cosas que yo ignoro.12Me devuelven mal por bien, y eso me hiere en el alma;13pues cuando ellos enfermaban yo me vestía de luto, me afligía y ayunaba. ¡Ay, si pudiera retractarme de mis oraciones!14Me vestía yo de luto, como por un amigo o un hermano. Afligido, inclinaba la cabeza, como si llorara por mi madre.15Pero yo tropecé, y ellos se alegraron, y a una se juntaron contra mí. Gente extraña,[2] que yo no conocía, me calumniaba sin cesar.16Me atormentaban, se burlaban de mí,[3] y contra mí rechinaban los dientes.17¿Hasta cuándo, Señor, vas a tolerar esto? Libra mi vida, mi única vida, de los ataques de esos leones.18Yo te daré gracias en la gran asamblea; ante una multitud te alabaré.19No dejes que de mí se burlen mis enemigos traicioneros; no dejes que se guiñen el ojo los que me odian sin motivo.20Porque no vienen en son de paz, sino que urden mentiras contra la gente apacible del país.21De mí se ríen a carcajadas, y exclaman: «¡Miren en lo que vino a parar!»22Señor, tú has visto todo esto; no te quedes callado. ¡Señor, no te alejes de mí!23¡Despierta, Dios mío, levántate! ¡Hazme justicia, Señor, defiéndeme!24Júzgame según tu justicia, Señor mi Dios; no dejes que se burlen de mí.25No permitas que piensen: «¡Así queríamos verlo!» No permitas que digan: «Nos lo hemos tragado vivo.»26Queden avergonzados y confundidos todos los que se alegran de mi desgracia; sean cubiertos de oprobio y vergüenza todos los que se creen más que yo.27Pero lancen voces de alegría y regocijo los que apoyan mi causa, y digan siempre: «Exaltado sea el Señor, quien se deleita en el bienestar de su siervo.»28Con mi lengua proclamaré tu justicia, y todo el día te alabaré.
1Of David. Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me! (Ex 14:25; Is 42:13; Is 49:25)2Take hold of shield and buckler and rise for my help! (Sal 5:12; Sal 91:4)3Draw the spear and javelin[1] against my pursuers! Say to my soul, “I am your salvation!”4Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me! (Sal 35:26; Sal 40:14; Sal 69:22; Sal 70:2; Sal 71:13; Sal 83:17; Sal 109:6; Sal 129:5)5Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away! (Job 21:18)6Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them! (Sal 73:18; Jer 23:12)7For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.[2] (Job 18:8; Sal 7:15; Sal 69:4)8Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it! And let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it—to his destruction! (Is 47:11; 1 Ts 5:3)9Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord, exulting in his salvation. (Sal 9:14; Lc 1:47)10All my bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?” (Ex 15:11; Sal 51:8; Sal 71:19; Sal 86:8; Sal 89:6; Sal 89:8; Sal 113:5)11Malicious[3] witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know. (Sal 27:12)12They repay me evil for good; my soul is bereft.[4] (Sal 38:20; Sal 109:4; Jer 18:20; Jn 10:32)13But I, when they were sick— I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed[5] on my chest. (Nm 29:7; 1 R 20:31; Job 30:25; Sal 69:10; Sal 69:11; Mt 10:13; Lc 10:6)14I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning. (Sal 38:6)15But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing; (Job 30:1; Job 30:8; Job 30:12)16like profane mockers at a feast,[6] they gnash at me with their teeth. (Job 16:9; Sal 37:12; Lm 2:16)17How long, O Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from the lions! (Sal 22:20; Hab 1:13)18I will thank you in the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise you. (Sal 22:25)19Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause. (Sal 13:4; Sal 35:7; Sal 35:24; Sal 38:19; Sal 69:4; Sal 119:78; Sal 119:86; Pr 6:13; Pr 10:10; Jn 15:25)20For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit.21They open wide their mouths against me; they say, “Aha, Aha! Our eyes have seen it!” (Sal 22:13; Sal 35:25; Sal 40:15; Sal 70:3)22You have seen, O Lord; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me! (Ex 3:7; Sal 10:1; Sal 28:1)23Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication, for my cause, my God and my Lord! (Sal 7:6; Sal 44:23; Sal 59:4; Sal 80:2)24Vindicate me, O Lord, my God, according to your righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me! (Sal 7:8; Sal 35:19)25Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, our heart’s desire!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.” (2 S 17:16; Sal 35:21; Lm 2:16)26Let them be put to shame and disappointed altogether who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me! (Job 8:22; Job 19:5; Sal 35:4)27Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, “Great is the Lord, who delights in the welfare of his servant!” (Sal 34:3; Sal 40:16; Sal 70:4; Sal 149:4)28Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long. (Sal 51:14; Sal 71:8; Sal 71:15; Sal 71:24)