Psalm 35
A psalm of David.
1Lord, stand up against those who stand up against me.
Fight against those who fight against me.
2Pick up your shield and your armor.
Rise up and help me.
3Get your spear and javelin ready to fight
against those who are chasing me.
Say to me, “I will save you.”
4Let those who are trying to kill me
be brought down in dishonor.
Let those who plan to destroy me
be turned back in terror.
5Let them be like straw blowing in the wind,
while the angel of the Lord drives them away.
6Let their path be dark and slippery,
while the angel of the Lord chases them.
7They set a trap for me without any reason.
Without any reason they dug a pit to catch me.
8So let them be destroyed without warning.
Let the trap they set for me catch them.
Let them fall into the pit and be destroyed.
9Then I will be full of joy because of what the Lord has done.
I will be glad because he has saved me.
10My whole being will cry out,
“Who is like you, Lord?
You save poor people from those who are too strong for them.
You save poor and needy people from those who rob them.”
11Mean people come forward to speak against me.
They ask me things I don’t know anything about.
12They pay me back with evil, even though I was good to them.
They leave me like someone who has lost a family member.
13But when they were sick, I put on the clothing of sadness.
I made myself humble by going without food.
My prayers for them weren’t always answered.
14So I went around crying
as if I were mourning over my friend or relative.
I bowed my head in sadness
as if I were weeping over my mother.
15But when I tripped and fell, they were all very happy.
Attackers gathered against me when I didn’t even know it.
They kept on telling lies about me.
16Like ungodly people, they were mean and made fun of me.
They ground their teeth at me in hate.
17Lord, how much longer will you just look on?
Save me from their deadly attacks.
Save the only life I have.
Save me from these lions.
18I will give you thanks in the whole community.
Among all your people I will praise you.
19Don’t let those who are my enemies without any reason
laugh at me and make fun of me.
Don’t let those who hate me without any reason
wink at me with an evil purpose.
20They don’t speak words of peace.
They make up false charges
against those who live quietly in the land.
21They make fun of me.
They say, “With our own eyes we have seen what you did.”
22Lord, you have seen this. Don’t be silent.
Lord, don’t be far away from me.
23Wake up! Rise up to help me!
My God and Lord, stand up for me.
24Lord my God, when you hand down your sentence, let it be in my favor.
You always do what is right.
Don’t let my enemies have the joy of seeing me fall.
25Don’t let them think, “That’s exactly what we wanted!”
Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up.”
26Let all those who laugh at me because I’m in trouble
be ashamed and bewildered.
Let all who think they are better than I am
put on shame and dishonor as if they were clothes.
27Let those who are happy when my name is cleared
shout with joy and gladness.
Let them always say, “May the Lord be honored.
He is pleased when everything goes well with the one who serves him.”
28You always do what is right. My tongue will speak about it
and praise you all day long.
Salmo 35
Salmo de David.
1Defiéndeme, 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 a35:3 el hacha, y haz frente a (lectura probable); cierra contra (TM). 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,35:15 Gente extraña (lectura probable); Gente golpeada (TM). que yo no conocía,
me calumniaba sin cesar.
16Me atormentaban, se burlaban de mí,35:16 Me atormentaban, se burlaban de mí (LXX); Con inicuos burlones de una torta (TM).
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:
«¡Mirad cómo ha acabado!»
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.
