Salmos 69
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Un grito de angustia
Al músico principal. Sobre Lirios. Salmo de David.
69 Sálvame, oh Dios,
porque las aguas me han llegado hasta el cuello.
2 Me encuentro hundido en profundo pantano,
y no hallo dónde poner el pie.
He caído en aguas abismales, y me cubre la corriente.
3 Ya me canso de llamar; ronca está mi garganta;
mis ojos desfallecen en espera de mi Dios.
4 Son más los que me odian sin motivo,(A)
que los cabellos de mi cabeza.
Son muy poderosos mis enemigos,
los que sin razón quieren destruirme.
¿Acaso he de pagar lo que no he robado?
5 Tú, mi Dios, sabes que soy un insensato;
mis pecados no son para ti un secreto.
6 Señor, Dios de los ejércitos y Dios de Israel,
¡no permitas que por mi culpa
sean avergonzados los que en ti confían!
¡No permitas que por mi culpa
sean confundidos los que te buscan!
7 Por ti he sido objeto de insultos;
¡mi rostro se ha cubierto de confusión!
8 Soy un extraño para mis propios hermanos;
¡los hijos de mi madre me desconocen!
9 Y es que mi amor por tu casa(B) me consume;
¡caen sobre mí(C) los insultos de los que te ofenden!
10 Aflijo mi cuerpo con ayunos y sollozos,
y por esto la gente me insulta.
11 Dejé mi ropa y me vestí de cilicio,
y ahora soy para la gente motivo de burla.
12 Los consejeros del pueblo hablan mal de mí,
¡y hasta los borrachos me componen parodias!
13 Pero yo oro a ti, Señor, en el momento de tu buena voluntad;
¡escúchame, Dios mío, por tu gran misericordia
y por la verdad de tu salvación!
14 ¡Sácame del lodo! ¡No dejes que me hunda!
¡Líbrame de los que me odian, y de las aguas profundas!
15 ¡No dejes que me ahogue la corriente!
¡No permitas que me trague el abismo,
ni que este pozo cierre sobre mí sus fauces!
16 Señor, por tu bondad y misericordia, ¡respóndeme!
Por tu infinita piedad, ¡dígnate mirarme!
17 ¡No le vuelvas la espalda a este siervo tuyo!
¡Date prisa, y escúchame, que estoy angustiado!
18 ¡Acércate, y ven a salvarme la vida!
¡Líbrame, por causa de mis enemigos!
19 Tú sabes de mi afrenta, mi confusión y mi oprobio;
ante ti están todos mis adversarios.
20 Las burlas me han roto el corazón, y estoy acongojado.
Esperaba compasión, y nadie me la tuvo;
alguien que me consolara, y a nadie hallé.
21 Cuando tuve hambre, me dieron ajenjo;
cuando tuve sed, me dieron vinagre.(D)
22 ¡Que sean sus banquetes una trampa para ellos!
¡Que sus sacrificios de paz les sean un tropiezo!
23 ¡Que sus ojos se nublen y pierdan la vista!
¡Haz que pierdan para siempre su vigor!(E)
24 ¡Descarga tu enojo sobre ellos!
¡Que el furor de tu enojo los alcance!
25 ¡Que sea destruido su campamento,
y no haya en sus tiendas quien las habite!(F)
26 Porque persiguen al que tú has herido,
y divulgan el dolor de los que tú has golpeado.
27 Añade maldad a su maldad;
¡no les concedas tu perdón!
28 ¡Bórralos del libro de la vida!(G)
¡Que no queden registrados entre los justos!
29 Pero a mí, que estoy pobre y afligido,
¡ponme, oh Dios, en alto con tu salvación!
30 Así alabaré entre cánticos tu nombre;
¡te exaltaré con alabanzas!
31 Así, Señor, te agradarás de mí
más que si te ofreciera un toro o un becerro.
32 Al ver esto, los oprimidos se alegrarán.
Busquen a Dios, y vivirá su corazón;
33 porque el Señor escucha a los menesterosos,
y no rechaza a los que están prisioneros.
34 ¡Que lo alaben los cielos y la tierra,
los mares y todo lo que hay en ellos!
35 Dios salvará a Sión, y reconstruirá las ciudades de Judá,
y su pueblo las recuperará y las habitará.
36 Los descendientes de sus siervos las heredarán,
y los que aman su nombre habitarán en ellas.
Psalm 69
New King James Version
An Urgent Plea for Help in Trouble
To the Chief Musician. Set to [a]“The Lilies.” A Psalm of David.
69 Save me, O God!
For (A)the waters have come up to my [b]neck.
2 (B)I sink in deep mire,
Where there is no standing;
I have come into deep waters,
Where the floods overflow me.
3 (C)I am weary with my crying;
My throat is dry;
(D)My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4 Those who (E)hate me without a cause
Are more than the hairs of my head;
They are mighty who would destroy me,
Being my enemies wrongfully;
Though I have stolen nothing,
I still must restore it.
5 O God, You know my foolishness;
And my sins are not hidden from You.
6 Let not those who [c]wait for You, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed because of me;
Let not those who seek You be [d]confounded because of me, O God of Israel.
7 Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Shame has covered my face.
8 (F)I have become a stranger to my brothers,
And an alien to my mother’s children;
9 (G)Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
(H)And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
10 When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,
That became my reproach.
11 I also [e]made sackcloth my garment;
I became a byword to them.
12 Those who [f]sit in the gate speak against me,
And I am the song of the (I)drunkards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is to You,
O Lord, in the acceptable time;
O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,
Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.
14 Deliver me out of the mire,
And let me not sink;
Let me be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of the deep waters.
15 Let not the floodwater overflow me,
Nor let the deep swallow me up;
And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
16 Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;
Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.
17 And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in trouble;
Hear me speedily.
18 Draw near to my soul, and redeem it;
Deliver me because of my enemies.
19 You know (J)my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor;
My adversaries are all before You.
20 Reproach has broken my heart,
And I am full of [g]heaviness;
(K)I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;
And for (L)comforters, but I found none.
21 They also gave me gall for my food,
(M)And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 (N)Let their table become a snare before them,
And their well-being a trap.
23 (O)Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see;
And make their loins shake continually.
24 (P)Pour out Your indignation upon them,
And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.
25 (Q)Let their dwelling place be desolate;
Let no one live in their tents.
26 For they persecute the ones (R)You have struck,
And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.
27 (S)Add iniquity to their iniquity,
(T)And let them not come into Your righteousness.
28 Let them (U)be blotted out of the book of the living,
(V)And not be written with the righteous.
29 But I am poor and sorrowful;
Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30 (W)I will praise the name of God with a song,
And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
31 (X)This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull,
Which has horns and hooves.
32 (Y)The humble shall see this and be glad;
And you who seek God, (Z)your hearts shall live.
33 For the Lord hears the poor,
And does not despise (AA)His prisoners.
34 (AB)Let heaven and earth praise Him,
The seas (AC)and everything that moves in them.
35 (AD)For God will save Zion
And build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and possess it.
36 Also, (AE)the [h]descendants of His servants shall inherit it,
And those who love His name shall dwell in it.
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:1 Heb. Shoshannim
- Psalm 69:1 Lit. soul
- Psalm 69:6 Wait in faith
- Psalm 69:6 dishonored
- Psalm 69:11 Symbolic of sorrow
- Psalm 69:12 Sit as judges
- Psalm 69:20 Lit. sickness
- Psalm 69:36 Lit. seed
Psalm 69
English Standard Version
Save Me, O God
To the choirmaster: according to (A)Lilies. Of David.
69 Save me, O God!
For (B)the waters have come up to my neck.[a]
2 I sink in deep (C)mire,
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood (D)sweeps over me.
3 (E)I am weary with my crying out;
(F)my throat is parched.
(G)My eyes grow dim
with (H)waiting for my God.
4 (I)More in number than the hairs of my head
are (J)those who hate me (K)without cause;
mighty are those who would destroy me,
(L)those who attack me with lies.
What I did not steal
must I now restore?
5 O God, you know my folly;
the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.
6 Let not those who hope in you (M)be put to shame through me,
O Lord God of hosts;
let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,
O God of Israel.
7 For it is (N)for your sake that I have borne reproach,
that dishonor has covered my face.
8 I have become (O)a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother's sons.
9 For (P)zeal for your house has consumed me,
and (Q)the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10 When I wept and humbled[b] my soul with fasting,
it became my reproach.
11 When I made (R)sackcloth my clothing,
I became (S)a byword to them.
12 I am the talk of those who (T)sit in the gate,
and the drunkards make (U)songs about me.
13 But as for me, my (V)prayer is to you, O Lord.
At (W)an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
14 Deliver me
from sinking in (X)the mire;
(Y)let me be delivered from my enemies
and from (Z)the deep waters.
15 Let not the flood sweep over me,
or the deep swallow me up,
or (AA)the pit close (AB)its mouth over me.
16 Answer me, O Lord, for your (AC)steadfast love is good;
according to your abundant (AD)mercy, (AE)turn to me.
17 (AF)Hide not your face from your servant,
(AG)for I am in distress; (AH)make haste to answer me.
18 Draw near to my soul, redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies!
19 You know my (AI)reproach,
and my shame and my dishonor;
my foes are all known to you.
20 (AJ)Reproaches have broken my heart,
so that I am in (AK)despair.
I (AL)looked for (AM)pity, but there was none,
and for (AN)comforters, but I found none.
21 They gave me (AO)poison for food,
and for my thirst they gave me (AP)sour wine to drink.
22 (AQ)Let their own (AR)table before them become a snare;
(AS)and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.[c]
23 (AT)Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,
(AU)and make their loins tremble continually.
24 Pour out your indignation upon them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.
25 (AV)May their camp be a desolation;
let no one dwell in their tents.
26 For they (AW)persecute him whom (AX)you have struck down,
and they recount the pain of (AY)those you have wounded.
27 (AZ)Add to them punishment upon punishment;
may they have no acquittal from you.[d]
28 Let them be (BA)blotted out of the book of the living;
let them not be (BB)enrolled among the righteous.
29 But I am afflicted and in pain;
let your salvation, O God, (BC)set me on high!
30 I will (BD)praise the name of God with a song;
I will (BE)magnify him with (BF)thanksgiving.
31 This will (BG)please the Lord more than an ox
or a bull (BH)with horns and hoofs.
32 When (BI)the humble see it they will be glad;
you who seek God, (BJ)let your hearts revive.
33 For the Lord hears the needy
and (BK)does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
34 Let (BL)heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and everything that moves in them.
35 For (BM)God will save Zion
and build up the cities of Judah,
and people shall dwell there and possess it;
36 (BN)the offspring of his servants shall inherit it,
and those who love his name shall dwell in it.
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:1 Or waters threaten my life
- Psalm 69:10 Hebrew lacks and humbled
- Psalm 69:22 Hebrew; a slight revocalization yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome) a snare, and retribution and a trap
- Psalm 69:27 Hebrew may they not come into your righteousness
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