Salmos 10

1¿Por qué, Yahvé, te estás lejos? ¿Te escondes en el tiempo de la tribulación,

2mientras se ensoberbece el impío, y el pobre es vejado y preso en los ardides que aquel le urdió?

3Porque he aquí que el inicuo se jacta de sus antojos, el expoliador blasfema despreciando a Yahvé.

4En el orgullo de su mente dice el impío: “Él no tomará venganza; Dios no existe.” Tal es todo su pensamiento.

5Sus caminos prosperan en todo tiempo; lejos de su ánimo están tus juicios; menosprecia él a todos sus adversarios.

6En su corazón dice: “No seré conmovido; de generación en generación estaré al abrigo de la adversidad.”

7Su boca está llena de maldición, de astucia y de violencia; bajo su lengua lleva la maldad y la mentira.

8Se pone en acecho junto al poblado, en lo escondido, para matar al inocente. Sus ojos están espiando al pobre;

9insidia en la oscuridad como el león que desde su guarida está asechando al desvalido para atraparlo; lo arrebata y lo atrae a su red;

10se encoge, se agacha hasta el suelo, y el desdichado cae en sus garras.

11Dice en su corazón: “Dios está desmemoriado, apartó su rostro, nunca ve nada.”

12Levántate, Yahvé Dios mío, alza tu mano; no quieras olvidarte de los afligidos.

13¿Cómo es que el impío desprecia a Dios, diciendo en su corazón: “No tomará venganza”?

14Mas Tú lo estás viendo. Tú consideras el afán y la angustia, para tomarlos en tus manos. A Ti está confiado el pobre; Tú eres el protector del huérfano.

15Quebranta Tú el brazo del impío y del maligno; castigarás su malicia y no subsistirá.

16Yahvé es Rey para siglos eternos; los gentiles fueron exterminados de su tierra.

17Ya escuchaste, Yahvé, el deseo de los humildes; confirmaste su corazón y prestaste oído,

18para tomar en tus manos la causa del huérfano y del oprimido, a fin de que nunca más vuelva a infundir pavor el hombre de tierra.

1Ut quid, Domine, recessisti longe; despicis in opportunitatibus, in tribulatione?

2Dum superbit impius, incenditur pauper: comprehenduntur in consiliis quibus cogitant.

3Quoniam laudatur peccator in desideriis animæ suæ, et iniquus benedicitur.

4Exacerbavit Dominum peccator: secundum multitudinem iræ suæ, non quæret.

5Non est Deus in conspectu ejus; inquinatæ sunt viæ illius in omni tempore. Auferuntur judicia tua a facie ejus; omnium inimicorum suorum dominabitur.

6Dixit enim in corde suo: Non movebor a generatione in generationem, sine malo.

7Cujus maledictione os plenum est, et amaritudine, et dolo; sub lingua ejus labor et dolor.

8Sedet in insidiis cum divitibus in occultis, ut interficiat innocentem.

9Oculi ejus in pauperem respiciunt; insidiatur in abscondito, quasi leo in spelunca sua. Insidiatur ut rapiat pauperem; rapere pauperem dum attrahit eum.

10In laqueo suo humiliabit eum; inclinabit se, et cadet cum dominatus fuerit pauperum.

11Dixit enim in corde suo: Oblitus est Deus; avertit faciem suam, ne videat in finem.

12Exsurge, Domine Deus, exaltetur manus tua; ne obliviscaris pauperum.

13Propter quid irritavit impius Deum? dixit enim in corde suo: Non requiret.

14Vides, quoniam tu laborem et dolorem consideras, ut tradas eos in manus tuas. Tibi derelictus est pauper; orphano tu eris adjutor.

15Contere brachium peccatoris et maligni; quæretur peccatum illius, et non invenietur.

16Dominus regnabit in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi; peribitis, gentes, de terra illius.

17Desiderium pauperum exaudivit Dominus; præparationem cordis eorum audivit auris tua:

18judicare pupillo et humili, ut non apponat ultra magnificare se homo super terram.]

1Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?

2Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.

3For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.

4The sinner hath provoked the Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him:

5God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy judgments are removed from his sight: he shall rule over all his enemies.

6For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from generation to generation, and shall be without evil.

7His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labour and sorrow.

8He sitteth in ambush with the rich in private places, that he may kill the innocent.

9His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.

10In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.

11For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to the end.

12Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor.

13Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his heart: He will not require it.

14Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.

15Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.

16The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish from his land.

17The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart.

18To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth.