Salmos 7

1Lamentación que David entonó con ocasión de las palabras de Cus, hijo de Benjamín.

2Yahvé, Dios mío, a Ti me acojo; líbrame de todo el que me persigue, y ponme a salvo;

3no sea que arrebate mi vida, como león, y me despedace, sin que haya quien me salve.

4Yahvé, Dios mío, si yo hice eso, si hay en mis manos iniquidad;

5si he hecho mal a mi amigo -yo, que salvé a los que me oprimían injustamente-

6persígame el enemigo y apodérese de mí; aplaste mi vida en el suelo y arrastre mi honor por el fango.

7Despierta, Yahvé, en tu ira; yérguete contra la rabia de los que me oprimen. Levántate a mi favor en el juicio que tienes decretado

8Te rodee la congregación de los pueblos y siéntate sobre ella en lo alto.

9Yahvé va juzgar a las naciones. Hazme a mí justicia, Yahvé, según mi rectitud, y según la inocencia que hay en mí.

10Cese ya la malicia de los impíos y confirma Tú al justo, ¡oh justo Dios, que sondeas los corazones y las entrañas!

11Mi defensa está en Dios, que salva a los rectos de corazón.

12Dios, justo Juez, fuerte y paciente, tiene pronta su ira cada día.

13Si no se convierte afilará su espada, entesará su arco y apuntará;

14tiene preparadas para ellos flechas mortales; hará de fuego sus saetas.

15Mirad al que concibió la iniquidad: quedó grávido de malicia y dio a luz la traición.

16Cavó una fosa y la ahondó, mas cayó en el hoyo que él hizo.

17En su propia cabeza recaerá su malicia, y sobre su cerviz descenderá su iniquidad.

18Mas yo alabaré a Yahvé por su justicia, y cantaré salmos al Nombre de Yahvé Altísimo.

1Psalmus David, quem cantavit Domino pro verbis Chusi, filii Jemini.

2[Domine Deus meus, in te speravi; salvum me fac ex omnibus persequentibus me, et libera me:

3nequando rapiat ut leo animam meam, dum non est qui redimat, neque qui salvum faciat.

4Domine Deus meus, si feci istud, si est iniquitas in manibus meis,

5si reddidi retribuentibus mihi mala, decidam merito ab inimicis meis inanis.

6Persequatur inimicus animam meam, et comprehendat; et conculcet in terra vitam meam, et gloriam meam in pulverem deducat.

7Exsurge, Domine, in ira tua, et exaltare in finibus inimicorum meorum: et exsurge, Domine Deus meus, in præcepto quod mandasti,

8et synagoga populorum circumdabit te: et propter hanc in altum regredere:

9Dominus judicat populos. Judica me, Domine, secundum justitiam meam, et secundum innocentiam meam super me.

10Consumetur nequitia peccatorum, et diriges justum, scrutans corda et renes, Deus.

11Justum adjutorium meum a Domino, qui salvos facit rectos corde.

12Deus judex justus, fortis, et patiens; numquid irascitur per singulos dies?

13Nisi conversi fueritis, gladium suum vibrabit; arcum suum tetendit, et paravit illum.

14Et in eo paravit vasa mortis, sagittas suas ardentibus effecit.

15Ecce parturiit injustitiam; concepit dolorem, et peperit iniquitatem.

16Lacum aperuit, et effodit eum; et incidit in foveam quam fecit.

17Convertetur dolor ejus in caput ejus, et in verticem ipsius iniquitas ejus descendet.

18Confitebor Domino secundum justitiam ejus, et psallam nomini Domini altissimi.]

1The psalm of David which he sung to the Lord for the words of Chusi the son of Jemini. [2 Kings 16]

2O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.

3Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save.

4O Lord my God, if I have done this thing, if there be iniquity in my hands:

5If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies.

6Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust.

7Rise up, O Lord, in thy anger: and be thou exalted in the borders of my enemies. And arise, O Lord my God, in the precept which thou hast commanded:

8And a congregation of people shall surround thee. And for their sakes return thou on high.

9The Lord judgeth the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice, and according to my innocence in me.

10The wickedness of sinners shall be brought to nought: and thou shalt direct the just: the searcher of hearts and reins is God.

11Just is my help from the Lord: who saveth the upright of heart.

12God is a just judge, strong and patient: is he angry every day?

13Except you will be converted, he will brandish his sword: he hath bent his bow and made it ready.

14And in it he hath prepared the instruments of death, he hath made ready his arrows for them that burn.

15Behold he hath been in labour with injustice; he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity.

16He hath opened a pit and dug it; and he is fallen into the hole he made.

17His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall comedown upon his crown.

18I will give glory to the Lord according to his justice: and will sing to the name of the Lord the most high.