Psalm 73
1 Surely God is good to Israel, Even to such as are pure in heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.
5 They are not in trouble as other men; Neither are they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.
8 They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.
9 They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full cup are drained by them.
11 And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
12 Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.
13 Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.
15 If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.
18 Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
21 For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:
22 So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.
24 Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, departing from thee.
28 But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.
SALMOS 73
Salmo 73 (72)
Ahora estoy siempre contigo
1 Salmo de Asaf.
En verdad es bondadoso Dios con Israel,
con los que tienen limpio el corazón.t
2 Pero mis pasos casi se tuercen,
mis pies por poco resbalan,
3 pues envidié a los soberbios
al ver la dicha de los malost.t
4 No se angustian por su muertet,
todo su cuerpo está sano;
5 ignoran las fatigas humanas,
no sufren su azote como los demás.
6 Por eso, el orgullo ciñe su cuello,
un manto de violencia los cubre.t
7 La maldad surge de sus entrañas*,
la ambición desborda su corazónt.
8 Se burlan y hablan con malicia,
se expresan con arrogante tiranía.t
9 Ofenden al cielo con su boca,
con su lengua a los que habitan la tierrat.
10 Por eso el pueblo los sigue
y bebe con deleite su enseñanzat.
11 Dicen: “¡Qué puede saber Dios!
¿Está el saber junto al Altísimo?”.t
12 Mira, estos son los malvados:
viven en paz y atesoran riqueza.
13 ¿De qué me vale purificar mi corazón,
lavar mis manos en señal de inocencia,t
14 si cada día soy golpeado,
castigado cada mañana?
15 Si dijese: “Hablaré como ellos”,
traicionaría al linaje de tus hijos.
16 Yo medité tratando de entenderlo
y fue para mí una dura tarea,t
17 hasta que llegué al santuario de Dios*
y comprendí entonces su destinot.
18 Porque en verdad tú los colocas
sobre una pendiente resbaladiza,
los empujas a la ruina.t
19 ¡Qué pronto son destruidos,
perecen muertos de miedo!
20 Son, Señor, como un sueño al despertar,
imágenes que olvidas al levantarte.t
21 Cuando mi corazón se enfurecía
y sentía envidia en mi interior,
22 yo, necio, no comprendía nada,
era como un animal ante ti.
23 Pero ahora estoy siempre contigo,
tú me agarras de la mano,
24 con tus consejos me conduces
y después me colmas de gloriat.
25 ¿A quién sino a ti tengo en el cielo?
A tu lado no me agrada ya la tierra.
26 Aunque mi corazón y mi cuerpo desfallezcan,
mi refugio y mi heredad por siempre es Diost.t
27 Quienes de ti se alejan, mueren;
tú destruyes a quien de ti se aparta.t
28 Pero yo junto a Dios soy feliz,
en Dios mi Señor me refugio
para proclamar todas sus obras.t