¹Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

¹Oración de David. OYE, oh Jehová, justicia; está atento á mi clamor; Escucha mi oración hecha sin labios de engaño.

²Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

²De delante de tu rostro salga mi juicio; Vean tus ojos la rectitud.

³Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

³Tú has probado mi corazón, hasme visitado de noche; Me has apurado, y nada inicuo hallaste: Heme propuesto que mi boca no ha de propasarse.

⁴Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

⁴Para las obras humanas, por la palabra de tus labios Yo me he guardado de las vías del destructor.

⁵Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

⁵Sustenta mis pasos en tus caminos, Porque mis pies no resbalen.

⁶I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

⁶Yo te he invocado, por cuanto tú me oirás, oh Dios: Inclina á mí tu oído, escucha mi palabra.

⁷Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

⁷Muestra tus estupendas misericordias, tú que salvas á los que en ti confían. De los que se levantan contra tu diestra.

⁸Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

⁸Guárdame como lo negro de la niñeta del ojo, Escóndeme con la sombra de tus alas,

⁹From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

⁹De delante de los malos que me oprimen, De mis enemigos que me cercan por la vida.

¹⁰They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

¹⁰Cerrados están con su grosura; Con su boca hablan soberbiamente.

¹¹They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

¹¹Nuestros pasos nos han cercado ahora: Puestos tienen sus ojos para echar nos por tierra.

¹²Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

¹²Parecen al león que desea hacer presa, Y al leoncillo que está escondido.

¹³Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

¹³Levántate, oh Jehová; Prevén su encuentro, póstrale: Libra mi alma del malo con tu espada;

¹⁴From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

¹⁴De los hombres con tu mano, oh Jehová, De los hombres de mundo, cuya parte es en esta vida, Y cuyo vientre hinches de tu tesoro: Hartan sus hijos, Y dejan el resto á sus chiquitos.

¹⁵As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

¹⁵Yo en justicia veré tu rostro: Seré saciado cuando despertare á tu semejanza.