1 ¿ Por qué, oh Señor, Te mantienes alejado, Y Te escondes en tiempos de tribulación?

¶ Why dost thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why dost thou hide thyself in times of trouble?

2 C on arrogancia el impío acosa al afligido; ¡Que sea atrapado en las trampas que ha preparado!

The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

3 P orque del deseo de su corazón se gloría el impío, Y el codicioso maldice y desprecia al Señor.

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors.

4 E l impío, en la arrogancia de su rostro, no busca a Dios. Todo su pensamiento es: “No hay Dios.”

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, does not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

5 S us caminos prosperan en todo tiempo; Tus juicios, oh Dios, están en lo alto, lejos de su vista; A todos sus adversarios los desprecia.

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he puffs at them.

6 D ice en su corazón: “No hay quien me mueva; Por todas las generaciones no sufriré adversidad.”

He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, for I shall never be in adversity.

7 L lena está su boca de blasfemia, engaño y opresión; Bajo su lengua hay malicia e iniquidad.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

8 S e sienta al acecho en las aldeas, En los escondrijos mata al inocente; Sus ojos espían al desvalido.

He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places he murders the innocent: his eyes are secretly set against the poor.

9 A cecha en el escondrijo como león en su guarida; Acecha para atrapar al afligido, Y atrapa al afligido arrastrándolo a su red.

He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

10 S e agazapa, se encoge, Y los desdichados caen en sus garras.

He crouches and hides himself, and many are those who fall under his power.

11 E l impío dice en su corazón: “Dios se ha olvidado; Ha escondido Su rostro; nunca verá nada.”

He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; he hides his face; he will never see it.

12 L evántate, oh Señor; alza, oh Dios, Tu mano. No Te olvides de los pobres.

¶ Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand; forget not the humble.

13 ¿ Por qué ha despreciado el impío a Dios ? Ha dicho en su corazón: “Tú no le pedirás cuentas.”

In what does the wicked irritate God? He has said in his heart, Thou wilt not require accountability.

14 T ú lo has visto, porque has contemplado la malicia y el maltrato, para hacer justicia con Tu mano. A Ti se acoge el desvalido; Tú has sido amparo del huérfano.

Thou hast seen it, for thou dost behold mischief and spite to requite it with thy hand: the poor commits himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

15 Q uiébrale el brazo al impío y al malvado; Persigue su maldad hasta que desaparezca.

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man; seek out his wickedness until thou find none.

16 E l Señor es Rey eternamente y para siempre; Las naciones han perecido de Su tierra.

The LORD is King for ever and ever; the Gentiles are perished out of his land.

17 O h Señor, Tú has oído el deseo de los humildes; Tú fortalecerás su corazón e inclinarás Tu oído

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart; thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

18 P ara hacer justicia al huérfano y al afligido; Para que no vuelva a causar terror el hombre que es de la tierra.

to judge the fatherless and the oppressed that the man of the earth may no longer oppress.