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Psalm 17 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)

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BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Oración de David. Señor, escucha mi causa y atiende a mi clamor; escucha mi oración, que no sale de labios mentirosos.
1 A Prayer by David. Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
2 Sé mi juez, porque tus ojos ven lo que es justo.
2 Let my sentence come out of your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.
3 Has probado mi corazón y me has examinado por la noche; me has puesto a prueba y no has encontrado en mí malos propósitos. No dejaré que mi boca peque.
3 You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
4 En cuanto a las obras humanas, por tus palabras me he mantenido lejos de los caminos de los violentos.
4 As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
5 He seguido tus caminos; mis pasos no se han apartado de ellos.
5 My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.
6 Clamo a ti porque me responderás, Dios. Escúchame y presta atención a mis palabras.
6 I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
7 Muestra tu maravilloso amor fiel, tú que salvas de sus atacantes a quienes confían en tu mano derecha.
7 Show your marvelous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.
8 Guárdame como a la niña de tus ojos; cúbreme bajo la sombra de tus alas,
8 Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
9 lejos de los malvados que me atacan y de los enemigos que me rodean para matarme.
9 from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.
10 Han cerrado su corazón a la compasión y hablan con orgullo.
10 They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.
11 Nos rodean a cada paso; nos vigilan para derribarnos.
11 They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
12 Son como un león que ansía su presa, como un león joven que acecha a escondidas.
12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 ¡Levántate, Señor! Enfréntate al malvado y derríbalo; con tu espada, sálvame de él.
13 Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
14 Con tu mano, Señor, líbrame de los hombres de este mundo, cuya herencia está en esta vida. Tú los llenas con tus tesoros guardados; tienen muchos hijos, y al morir dejan a sus descendientes el resto de sus bienes.
14 from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
15 Pero yo, en justicia, veré tu rostro; cuando despierte, me bastará con ver tu imagen para estar lleno de alegría.
15 As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.
Cross references (15)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Psalm 142:6; Psalm 61:1; Psalm 145:18; Matthew 15:8; Daniel 9:18–19
  2. 2 Psalm 37:6; 2 Thessalonians 1:6–9; Ezekiel 18:25; Ezekiel 18:29; Jude 24
  3. 3 Job 23:10; Psalm 26:2; Acts 11:23; Psalm 39:1; Malachi 3:2
  4. 4 1 Peter 5:8; 1 Corinthians 3:3; Psalm 119:9–11; Matthew 4:10; Matthew 4:7
  5. 5 Psalm 44:18; Psalm 119:133; 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 121:3; Psalm 121:7
  6. 6 Psalm 116:2; Psalm 86:7; Psalm 88:2; Psalm 66:19–20; Psalm 55:16
  7. 7 Psalm 60:5; Psalm 5:11–12; Psalm 31:21; Psalm 20:6; Isaiah 41:10
  8. 8 Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalm 91:4; Psalm 91:1; Proverbs 7:2; Zechariah 2:8
  9. 9 Psalm 35:4; Psalm 35:7; Psalm 7:5; Psalm 31:20; Psalm 35:12
  10. 10 1 Samuel 2:3; Psalm 123:4; Psalm 31:18; Revelation 13:5–6; Matthew 13:15
  11. 11 Proverbs 6:13–14; Psalm 37:14; Psalm 10:8–10; 1 Samuel 26:2–3; 1 Samuel 23:26
  12. 12 Psalm 7:2; Psalm 10:9; 1 Peter 5:8; 2 Timothy 4:17; Psalm 22:13
  13. 13 Psalm 3:7; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 7:6; Psalm 44:23; Psalm 7:11–13
  14. 14 Job 22:18; John 17:14; John 8:23; Psalm 49:17–19; Luke 16:8
  15. 15 2 Corinthians 3:18; Matthew 5:6; Psalm 16:11; Psalm 11:7; 1 John 3:2–3

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XVI)

    Our King in this Psalm speaks in the character of the human nature He assumed, of whom the royal title at the time of His passion was eminently set forth. 2. Now He saith as follows; "Preserve me, O Lord, for in Thee have I hoped" (ver.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 17:6 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XI, Chapters 14–18)

    The same form of speech is found in the psalm: "I have called upon Thee, for Thou hast heard me, O God," where we should expect it to be said, Thou hast heard me, O God, for I have called upon Thee.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  3. Quotes verse 17:8 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture VI)

    Some have thought that God is fire; others that He is, as it were, a man with wings, because of a true text ill understood, Thou shalt hide me under the shadow of Thy wings.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  4. Quotes verse 17:8 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVII, Chapter 4)

    … supposed from such language that man in the form of this flesh is made in the image of God, wings also are ascribed to Him, which man has not at all; and it is said to God, "Hide me under the shadow of Thy wings," that men may understand that such things are said of that ineffable nature not in …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  5. Quotes verse 17:8 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon VIII)

    Whence it is said in the Psalms, "Keep me under the shadow of Thy wings." But as to others who in the day of judgment shall repent, but all too late, and who shall mourn, yet unavailingly, it hath been foretold by Wisdom what they shall then say as they repent and groan for anguish of spirit, "What hath pride …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)