Salmos 40

1Al maestro de coro. Salmo de David.

2Esperé en Yahvé, con esperanza sin reserva, y Él se inclinó hacia mí y escuchó mi clamor.

3Me sacó de una fosa mortal, del fango cenagoso; asentó mis pies sobre roca y dio firmeza a mis pasos.

4Puso en mi boca un cántico nuevo, un himno a nuestro Dios. Muchos verán esto, y temerán y esperarán en Yahvé.

5Dichoso el hombre que ha puesto su esperanza en Yahvé, sin volverse hacia los arrogantes y los apóstatas impostores.

6Oh Yahvé, Dios mío, Tú has multiplicado tus hazañas maravillosas, y nadie puede compararse a Ti, por tus planes en favor nuestro. Yo quisiera anunciarlos y proclamarlos, pero su número excede a todo cálculo.

7Tú no te has complacido en sacrificio ni ofrenda, sino que me has dado oídos; holocausto y expiación por el pecado no pides.

8Entonces he dicho: “He aquí que vengo.” En el rollo del libro me está prescrito

9hacer tu voluntad; tal es mi deleite, Dios mío, y tu Ley está en el fondo de mi corazón.

10He proclamado tu justicia en la grande asamblea; no contuve mis labios; Tú, Yahvé, lo sabes.

11No he tenido escondida tu justicia en mi corazón, publiqué tu verdad y la salvación que de Ti viene; no oculté a la muchedumbre tu misericordia y tu fidelidad.

12Tú, Yahvé, no contengas para conmigo tus piedades; tu misericordia y tu fidelidad me guarden siempre.

13Ahora me rodean males sin número, mis culpas se precipitan sobre mí, y no puedo soportar su vista. Son más numerosas, que los cabellos de mi cabeza, y mi corazón desmaya.

14Plegue a Ti, Yahvé, librarme; apresúrate, Señor, a ayudarme.

15Confundidos sean y avergonzados todos los que buscan mi vida para perderla; retrocedan y cúbranse de ignominia los que se deleitan en mis males.

16Queden aturdidos de vergüenza esos que me dicen: “aja, aja”.

17Pero salten de gozo y alégrense en Ti todos los que te buscan; y los que quieren la salvación que de Ti viene digan siempre: “Grande es Yahvé.”

18En cuanto a mí, soy pobre y miserable; pero el Señor cuida de mí. Mi amparo y mi libertador eres Tú; ¡Dios mío, no tardes!

1In finem. Psalmus ipsi David.

2[Exspectans exspectavi Dominum, et intendit mihi.

3Et exaudivit preces meas, et eduxit me de lacu miseriæ et de luto fæcis. Et statuit super petram pedes meos, et direxit gressus meos.

4Et immisit in os meum canticum novum, carmen Deo nostro. Videbunt multi, et timebunt, et sperabunt in Domino.

5Beatus vir cujus est nomen Domini spes ejus, et non respexit in vanitates et insanias falsas.

6Multa fecisti tu, Domine Deus meus, mirabilia tua; et cogitationibus tuis non est qui similis sit tibi. Annuntiavi et locutus sum: multiplicati sunt super numerum.

7Sacrificium et oblationem noluisti; aures autem perfecisti mihi. Holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti;

8tunc dixi: Ecce venio. In capite libri scriptum est de me,

9ut facerem voluntatem tuam. Deus meus, volui, et legem tuam in medio cordis mei.

10Annuntiavi justitiam tuam in ecclesia magna; ecce labia mea non prohibebo: Domine, tu scisti.

11Justitiam tuam non abscondi in corde meo; veritatem tuam et salutare tuum dixi; non abscondi misericordiam tuam et veritatem tuam a concilio multo.

12Tu autem, Domine, ne longe facias miserationes tuas a me; misericordia tua et veritas tua semper susceperunt me.

13Quoniam circumdederunt me mala quorum non est numerus; comprehenderunt me iniquitates meæ, et non potui ut viderem. Multiplicatæ sunt super capillos capitis mei, et cor meum dereliquit me.

14Complaceat tibi, Domine, ut eruas me; Domine, ad adjuvandum me respice.

15Confundantur et revereantur simul, qui quærunt animam meam ut auferant eam; convertantur retrorsum et revereantur, qui volunt mihi mala.

16Ferant confestim confusionem suam, qui dicunt mihi: Euge, euge !

17Exsultent et lætentur super te omnes quærentes te; et dicant semper: Magnificetur Dominus, qui diligunt salutare tuum.

18Ego autem mendicus sum et pauper; Dominus sollicitus est mei. Adjutor meus et protector meus tu es; Deus meus, ne tardaveris.]

1Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.

2With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.

3And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.

4And he put a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many shall see, and shall fear: and they shall hope in the Lord.

5Blessed is the man whose trust is in the name of the Lord; and who hath not had regard to vanities, and lying follies.

6Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number.

7Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; but thou hast pierced ears for me. Burnt offering and sin offering thou didst not require:

8Then said I, Behold I come. In the head of the book it is written of me

9That I should do thy will: O my God, I have desired it, and thy law in the midst of my heart.

10I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not restrain my lips: O Lord, thou knowest it.

11I have not hid thy justice within my heart: I have declared thy truth and thy salvation. I have not concealed thy mercy and thy truth from a great council.

12Withhold not thou, O Lord, thy tender mercies from me: thy mercy and thy truth have always upheld me.

13For evils without number have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I was not able to see. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head: and my heart hath forsaken me.

14Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me, look down, O Lord, to help me.

15Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek after my soul to take it away. Let them be turned backward and be ashamed that desire evils to me.

16Let them immediately bear their confusion, that say to me: Tis well, tis well.

17Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say always: The Lord be magnified.

18But I am a beggar and poor: the Lord is careful for me. Thou art my helper and my protector: O my God, be not slack.