求上帝伸冤

大衛的詩。

35 耶和華啊,
求你與我的敵人為敵,
攻擊那些攻擊我的人。
求你拿起大小盾牌來幫助我,
舉起矛槍攻擊追趕我的人。
求你對我說:
「我是你的拯救。」
願謀殺我的人蒙羞受辱,
謀害我的人落荒而逃!
願耶和華的天使驅散他們,
如風吹散糠秕!
願他們的道路漆黑泥濘,
有耶和華的天使在後追趕!
因為他們無故設網羅,
挖陷阱要害我。
願他們突遭禍患,
作繭自縛,自食惡果!
我要因耶和華而歡欣,
因祂的拯救而快樂。
10 我從心底發出讚歎:
耶和華啊,誰能像你?
你拯救弱者免受欺壓,
拯救窮人免遭掠奪。
11 惡人誣告我,
盤問我毫無所知的事情。
12 他們對我以惡報善,
令我傷心欲絕。
13 他們生病時,
我披上麻衣,
謙卑地為他們禁食禱告,
但上帝沒有垂聽。
14 我為他們哀傷,
視他們為朋友、弟兄;
我低頭為他們哭泣,
如同哀悼自己的母親。
15 我遭遇患難時,
他們卻聚在一起幸災樂禍,
合夥誹謗我。
素不相識的人也群起攻擊我,
不住地譭謗我。
16 他們肆無忌憚地嘲弄我,
咬牙切齒地憎惡我。

17 耶和華啊,
你袖手旁觀要到何時?
求你救我的性命免遭殘害,
救我脫離這些獅子。
18 我要在大會中稱謝你,
在眾人面前讚美你。
19 求你不要讓無故攻擊我的人幸災樂禍,
不要讓無故恨我的人沾沾自喜。
20 他們言語暴戾,
謀害安分守己的人。
21 他們高喊:「哈哈!哈哈!
我們親眼看見了。」
22 耶和華啊,這一切你都看見了,
求你不要再緘默,不要遠離我。
23 我的上帝,我的主啊,
求你起來為我辯護,為我伸冤。
24 我的上帝耶和華啊,
求你按你的公義宣告我無罪,
別讓他們幸災樂禍。
25 別讓他們說:
「哈哈,我們如願以償了!」
別讓他們說:
「我們除掉他了!」
26 願幸災樂禍的人蒙羞受辱,
自高自大的人無地自容!
27 願盼望我冤屈得雪的人揚聲歡呼!
願他們常說:「耶和華當受尊崇!
祂樂意賜福給自己的僕人。」
28 我要訴說你的公義,
終日讚美你。

By David.

35 O Lord, attack those who attack me.
Fight against those who fight against me.
Use your shields, ⌞both⌟ small and large.
Arise to help me.
Hold your spear to block the way of those who pursue me.
Say to my soul, “I am your savior.”

Let those who seek my life be put to shame and disgraced.
Let those who plan my downfall be turned back in confusion.
Let them be like husks blown by the wind
as the Messenger of the Lord chases them.
Let their path be dark and slippery
as the Messenger of the Lord pursues them.
For no reason they hid their net in a pit.
For no reason they dug the pit ⌞to trap me⌟.
Let destruction surprise them.
Let the net that they hid catch them.
Let them fall into their own pit and be destroyed.
My soul will find joy in the Lord
and be joyful about his salvation.
10 All my bones will say, “O Lord, who can compare with you?
You rescue the weak person from the one who is too strong for him
and weak and needy people from the one who robs them.”

11 Malicious people bring charges against me.
They ask me things I know nothing about.
12 I am devastated
because they pay me back with evil instead of good.
13 But when they were sick, I wore sackcloth.
I humbled myself with fasting.
When my prayer returned unanswered,
14 I walked around as if I were mourning for my friend or my brother.
I was bent over as if I were mourning for my mother.

15 Yet, when I stumbled,
they rejoiced and gathered together.
They gathered together against me.
Unknown attackers tore me apart without stopping.
16 With crude and abusive mockers,
they grit their teeth at me.
17 O Lord, how long will you look on?
Rescue me from their attacks.
Rescue my precious life from the lions.
18 I will give you thanks in a large gathering.
I will praise you in a crowd ⌞of worshipers⌟.

19 Do not let my treacherous enemies gloat over me.
Do not let those who hate me for no reason wink ⌞at me⌟.
20 They do not talk about peace.
Instead, they scheme against the peaceful people in the land.
21 They open their big mouths and say about me,
“Aha! Aha! Our own eyes have seen it.”
22 You have seen it, O Lord.
Do not remain silent.
O Lord, do not be so far away from me.
23 Wake up, and rise to my defense.
Plead my case, O my God and my Lord.
24 Judge me by your righteousness, O Lord my God.
Do not let them gloat over me
25 or think, “Aha, just what we wanted!”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up.”
26 Let those who gloat over my downfall
be thoroughly put to shame and confused.
Let those who promote themselves at my expense
be clothed with shame and disgrace.
27 Let those who are happy when I am declared innocent
joyfully sing and rejoice.
Let them continually say, “The Lord is great.
He is happy when his servant has peace.”
28 Then my tongue will tell about your righteousness,
about your praise all day long.

Oración de un justo perseguido

Salmo de David.

35 Combate, oh Señor, a los que me combaten(A);
ataca a los que me atacan(B).
Echa mano del broquel y del escudo(C),
y levántate en mi ayuda(D).
Empuña también la lanza y el hacha[a] para enfrentarte a los que me persiguen;
di a mi alma: Yo soy tu salvación(E).
Sean avergonzados y confundidos[b] los que buscan mi vida[c](F);
sean puestos en fuga y humillados los que traman el mal contra mí(G).
Sean como paja delante del viento(H),
con el ángel del Señor acosándolos.
Sea su camino tenebroso y resbaladizo(I),
con el ángel del Señor persiguiéndolos.
Porque sin causa me tendieron su red[d](J);
sin causa cavaron fosa[e] para mi alma(K).
Que venga destrucción sobre él sin darse cuenta(L),
y la red que él mismo tendió lo prenda(M),
¡que caiga en esa misma destrucción(N)!

Y mi alma se regocijará en el Señor(O);
en su salvación se gozará(P).
10 Dirán todos mis huesos(Q): Señor, ¿quién como tú(R),
que libras al afligido de aquel que es más fuerte(S) que él,
sí, al afligido y al necesitado de aquel que lo despoja[f](T)?
11 Se levantan testigos malvados(U),
y de lo que no sé me preguntan.
12 Me devuelven mal por bien(V)
para aflicción de mi alma.
13 Pero yo, cuando ellos estaban enfermos(W), vestía de cilicio[g](X);
humillé mi alma con ayuno(Y),
y mi oración se repetía en[h] mi pecho(Z).
14 Como por mi amigo, como por mi hermano, andaba de aquí para allá;
como el que está de duelo por la madre, enlutado me encorvaba(AA).
15 Pero ellos se alegraron en mi tropiezo[i](AB), y se reunieron;
los agresores[j], a quienes no conocía, se juntaron contra mí(AC);
me despedazaban[k] sin cesar(AD).
16 Como bufones impíos en una fiesta,
rechinaban sus dientes contra mí(AE).

17 ¿Hasta cuándo, Señor, estarás mirando(AF)?
Rescata mi alma de sus estragos(AG),
mi única vida de los leones(AH).
18 En la gran congregación te daré gracias(AI);
entre mucha gente te alabaré(AJ).
19 No permitas que se regocijen a costa mía(AK) los que injustamente son mis enemigos(AL),
ni que guiñen el ojo con malicia(AM) los que sin causa me aborrecen(AN).
20 Porque ellos no hablan paz,
sino que piensan palabras engañosas[l] contra los pacíficos de la tierra(AO),
21 y abrieron bien grande su boca contra mí(AP);
dijeron: ¡Ajá, ajá, nuestros ojos lo han visto(AQ)!

22 Tú lo has visto(AR), Señor, no calles(AS);
Señor, no estés lejos de mí(AT).
23 Despierta y levántate para mi defensa(AU)
y para mi causa, Dios mío y Señor mío.
24 Júzgame conforme a tu justicia(AV), oh Señor, Dios mío;
que no se rían de mí(AW).
25 Que no digan en su corazón: ¡Ajá, lo que queríamos(AX)!
Que no digan: ¡Lo hemos devorado(AY)!
26 Sean avergonzados y humillados a una los que se alegran de mi mal(AZ);
cúbranse de vergüenza y deshonra los que se engrandecen contra mí(BA).

27 Canten de júbilo y regocíjense(BB) los que favorecen mi vindicación(BC);
y digan continuamente: Engrandecido sea el Señor(BD),
que se deleita en la paz[m] de su siervo(BE).
28 Y mi lengua hablará de tu justicia
y de tu alabanza todo el día(BF).

Footnotes

  1. Salmos 35:3 Otra posible lectura es: y cierra el paso
  2. Salmos 35:4 O, deshonrados
  3. Salmos 35:4 Lit., alma
  4. Salmos 35:7 Lit., una fosa
  5. Salmos 35:7 Lit., su red
  6. Salmos 35:10 O, roba
  7. Salmos 35:13 O, saco
  8. Salmos 35:13 O, volvía a
  9. Salmos 35:15 O, cojera
  10. Salmos 35:15 O, heridores
  11. Salmos 35:15 O, calumniaban
  12. Salmos 35:20 O, traman engaños
  13. Salmos 35:27 O, prosperidad

35 Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.

Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

22 This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.