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Salmos 10
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Salmos 10
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Plegaria que pide la destrucción de los malvados
10 Señor, ¿por qué estás tan lejos?
¿Por qué te escondes en momentos de angustia?
2 Arrogante, el malvado persigue al pobre;
¡pero sus propias trampas lo atraparán!
3 El injusto se jacta de sus malos deseos;
alaba al ambicioso y desprecia al Señor.
4 Tan soberbio es el impío que no busca a Dios,
ni le da lugar en sus pensamientos.
5 Todo el tiempo sus caminos son torcidos,
desprecia a todos sus adversarios,
y tus leyes están muy lejos de su vista.
6 Y se dice: «Jamás voy a tropezar.
¡Jamás me alcanzará la desgracia!»
7 Abundan en su boca maldiciones, engaños y mentiras.(A)
Bajo su lengua esconde ofensas y maldad.
8 Se acerca a las aldeas, y las acecha;
tiende emboscadas para matar al inocente;
pone los ojos en el desvalido.
9 Se agazapa, como el león en su cueva;
luego se acerca para caer sobre el pobre
y atraparlo en su red y arrebatarle sus bienes.
10 Se encoge, se agazapa,
y muchos desdichados caen en sus garras.
11 Piensa para sí que Dios se ha olvidado,
que esconde la cara y nunca ve nada.
12 ¡Vamos, Señor y Dios, levanta la mano!
¡No te olvides de los pobres!
13 ¿Por qué tendría que menospreciarte el malvado?
¿Por qué habría de pensar que no intervendrás?
14 Pero tú sí ves los trabajos y la humillación,
y a cada uno le das su recompensa.
En ti busca amparo el desvalido;
¡eres el refugio de los huérfanos.
15 ¡Rómpeles los brazos a los malvados!
¡Persigue su maldad, hasta acabar con ella!
16 Tú, Señor, reinas eternamente y para siempre;
¡borra de su tierra a las naciones!
17 Tú, Señor, escuchas las plegarias de los pobres;
tú les das ánimo y les prestas atención.
18 Tú reivindicas al huérfano y al oprimido,
para que los simples mortales
no sigan violentando la tierra.
Psalm 10
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Psalm 10
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Psalm 10[a]
2 In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,(C)
who are caught in the schemes he devises.
3 He boasts(D) about the cravings of his heart;
he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.(E)
4 In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;
in all his thoughts there is no room for God.(F)
5 His ways are always prosperous;
your laws are rejected by[b] him;
he sneers at all his enemies.
6 He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.”
He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”(G)
7 His mouth is full(H) of lies and threats;(I)
trouble and evil are under his tongue.(J)
8 He lies in wait(K) near the villages;
from ambush he murders the innocent.(L)
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
9 like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless;(M)
he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.(N)
10 His victims are crushed,(O) they collapse;
they fall under his strength.
11 He says to himself, “God will never notice;(P)
he covers his face and never sees.”(Q)
12 Arise,(R) Lord! Lift up your hand,(S) O God.
Do not forget the helpless.(T)
13 Why does the wicked man revile God?(U)
Why does he say to himself,
“He won’t call me to account”?(V)
14 But you, God, see the trouble(W) of the afflicted;
you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;(X)
you are the helper(Y) of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked man;(Z)
call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
that would not otherwise be found out.
16 The Lord is King for ever and ever;(AA)
the nations(AB) will perish from his land.
17 You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;(AC)
you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,(AD)
18 defending the fatherless(AE) and the oppressed,(AF)
so that mere earthly mortals
will never again strike terror.
Footnotes
- Psalm 10:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
- Psalm 10:5 See Septuagint; Hebrew / they are haughty, and your laws are far from
Psalm 10
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Psalm 10
English Standard Version
Why Do You Hide Yourself?
2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them (D)be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
3 For the wicked (E)boasts of the desires of his soul,
and the one greedy for gain (F)curses[a] and (G)renounces the Lord.
4 In the pride of his face[b] the wicked does not (H)seek him;[c]
all his thoughts are, (I)“There is no God.”
5 His ways prosper at all times;
your judgments are on high, (J)out of his sight;
as for all his foes, he (K)puffs at them.
6 He (L)says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
throughout all generations I (M)shall not meet adversity.”
7 (N)His mouth is filled with cursing and (O)deceit and (P)oppression;
(Q)under his tongue are (R)mischief and (S)iniquity.
8 He sits in ambush in the villages;
in (T)hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9 he lurks in ambush like (U)a lion in his (V)thicket;
he (W)lurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his (X)net.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.
11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
he has (Y)hidden his face, he (Z)will never see it.”
12 (AA)Arise, O Lord; O God, (AB)lift up your hand;
(AC)forget not the afflicted.
13 Why does the wicked (AD)renounce God
and say in his heart, “You will not (AE)call to account”?
14 But you do see, for you (AF)note mischief and vexation,
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless (AG)commits himself;
you have been (AH)the helper of the fatherless.
15 (AI)Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
(AJ)call his wickedness to account till you find none.
16 (AK)The Lord is king forever and ever;
the (AL)nations perish from his land.
17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will (AM)strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
18 to (AN)do justice to the fatherless and (AO)the oppressed,
so that (AP)man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
Footnotes
- Psalm 10:3 Or and he blesses the one greedy for gain
- Psalm 10:4 Or of his anger
- Psalm 10:4 Or the wicked says, “He will not call to account”
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