1 O ye, oh Señor, una causa justa; atiende a mi clamor; presta oído a mi oración, que no es de labios engañosos.

Hear the right (my righteous cause), O Lord; listen to my shrill, piercing cry! Give ear to my prayer, that comes from unfeigned and guileless lips.

2 Q ue mi vindicación venga de tu presencia; que tus ojos vean con rectitud.

Let my sentence of vindication come from You! May Your eyes behold the things that are just and upright.

3 T ú has probado mi corazón, me has visitado de noche; me has puesto a prueba y nada hallaste; he resuelto que mi boca no peque.

You have proved my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

4 E n cuanto a las obras de los hombres, por la palabra de tus labios yo me he guardado de las sendas de los violentos.

Concerning the works of men, by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent (the paths of the destroyer).

5 M is pasos se han mantenido firmes en tus senderos. No han resbalado mis pies.

My steps have held closely to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.

6 Y o te he invocado, oh Dios, porque tú me responderás; inclina a mí tu oído, escucha mi palabra.

I have called upon You, O God, for You will hear me; incline Your ear to me and hear my speech.

7 M uestra maravillosamente tu misericordia, tú que salvas a los que se refugian a tu diestra huyendo de los que se levantan contra ellos.

Show Your marvelous loving-kindness, O You Who save by Your right hand those who trust and take refuge in You from those who rise up against them.

8 G uárdame como a la niña de tus ojos; escóndeme a la sombra de tus alas

Keep and guard me as the pupil of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

9 d e los impíos que me despojan, de mis enemigos mortales que me rodean.

From the wicked who despoil and oppress me, my deadly adversaries who surround me.

10 H an cerrado su insensible corazón; hablan arrogantemente con su boca.

They are enclosed in their own prosperity and have shut up their hearts to pity; with their mouths they make exorbitant claims and proudly and arrogantly speak.

11 A hora nos han cercado en nuestros pasos; fijan sus ojos para echar nos por tierra,

They track us down in each step we take; now they surround us; they set their eyes to cast us to the ground,

12 c omo león que ansía despedazar, como leoncillo que acecha en los escondrijos.

Like a lion greedy and eager to tear his prey, and as a young lion lurking in hidden places.

13 L evántate, Señor, sal a su encuentro, derríbalo; con tu espada libra mi alma del impío,

Arise, O Lord! Confront and forestall them, cast them down! Deliver my life from the wicked by Your sword,

14 d e los hombres, con tu mano, oh Señor, de los hombres del mundo, cuya porción está en esta vida, y cuyo vientre llenas de tu tesoro; se llenan de hijos, y dejan lo que les sobra a sus pequeños.

From men by Your hand, O Lord, from men of this world whose portion in life is idle and vain. Their bellies are filled with Your hidden treasure; their children are satiated, and they leave the rest wealth to their babes.

15 E n cuanto a mí, en justicia contemplaré tu rostro; al despertar, me saciaré cuando contemple tu imagen.

As for me, I will continue beholding Your face in righteousness (rightness, justice, and right standing with You); I shall be fully satisfied, when I awake beholding Your form.