| 1 Salmo de Asaf. |¡Qué bueno es Dios para el justo, | Dios para los limpios de corazón! | 1 A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to the upright, to those who are pure in heart. |
| 2 Pero yo por poco doy un mal paso, | casi resbalaron mis pisadas: | 2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had well nigh slipped. |
| 3 porque envidiaba a los perversos, | viendo prosperar a los malvados. | 3 For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
| 4 Para ellos no hay sinsabores, | están sanos y orondos; | 4 For they have no pangs; their bodies are sound and sleek. |
| 5 no pasan las fatigas humanas, | ni sufren como los demás. | 5 They are not in trouble as other men are; they are not stricken like other men. |
| 6 Por eso su collar es el orgullo, | y los cubre un vestido de violencia; | 6 Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. |
| 7 de las carnes les rezuma la maldad, | el corazón les rebosa de malas ideas. | 7 Their eyes swell out with fatness, their hearts overflow with follies. |
| 8 Insultan y hablan mal, | y desde lo alto amenazan con la opresión. | 8 They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression. |
| 9 Su boca se atreve con el cielo. | Y su lengua recorre la tierra. | 9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth. |
| 10 Por eso se sientan en lo alto | y las aguas no los alcanzan. | 10 Therefore the people turn and praise them; and find no fault in them. |
| 11 Ellos dicen: «¿Es que Dios lo va a saber, | se va a enterar el Altísimo?». | 11 And they say, "How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?" |
| 12 Así son los malvados: | siempre seguros, acumulan riquezas. | 12 Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches. |
| 13 Y dije: ¿para qué he limpiado yo mi corazón | y he lavado en la inocencia mis manos? | 13 All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. |
| 14 ¿Para qué aguanto yo todo el día | y me corrijo cada mañana? | 14 For all the day long I have been stricken, and chastened every morning. |
| 15 Si yo dijera: «Voy a hablar con ellos», | renegaría de la estirpe de tus hijos. | 15 If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have been untrue to the generation of thy children. |
| 16 Meditaba yo para entenderlo, | porque me resultaba muy difícil. | 16 But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, |
| 17 Hasta que entré en el santuario de Dios, | y comprendí el destino de ellos. | 17 until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I perceived their end. |
| 18 Es verdad: los pones en el resbaladero, | los precipitas en la ruina. | 18 Truly thou dost set them in slippery places; thou dost make them fall to ruin. |
| 19 En un momento causan horror, | y acaban consumidos de espanto. | 19 How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! |
| 20 Como un sueño al despertar, Señor, | al despertarte desprecias sus sombras. | 20 They are like a dream when one awakes, on awaking you despise their phantoms. |
| 21 Cuando mi corazón se agriaba | y me punzaba mi interior, | 21 When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, |
| 22 yo era un necio y un ignorante, | yo era un animal ante ti. | 22 I was stupid and ignorant, I was like a beast toward thee. |
| 23 Pero yo siempre estaré contigo, | tú agarrarás mi mano derecha; | 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee; thou dost hold my right hand. |
| 24 me guías según tus planes, | y después me recibirás en la gloria. | 24 Thou dost guide me with thy counsel, and afterward thou wilt receive me to glory. |
| 25 ¿No te tengo a ti en el cielo? | Y contigo, ¿qué me importa la tierra? | 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is nothing upon earth that I desire besides thee. |
| 26 Se consumen mi corazón y mi carne; | pero Dios es la roca de mi corazón y mi lote perpetuo. | 26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. |
| 27 Sí: los que se alejan de ti se pierden; | tú destruyes a los que te son infieles. | 27 For lo, those who are far from thee shall perish; thou dost put an end to those who are false to thee. |
| 28 Para mí lo bueno es estar junto a Dios, | hacer del Señor Dios mi refugio, | y contar todas tus acciones | en las puertas de Sión. | 28 But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works. |