Psalms · Catholic Public Domain Version
Psalm 16 (17) Catholic Public Domain Version
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 17 · About the recordings
Notes on this text (4)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalms follow the Greek/Latin numbering, with the psalm titles counted as verse 1 (as in the Vulgate).
- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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Psalm 16 in CPDV = Psalm 17 in RV1909, WEB.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 A Prayer of David. Lord, listen to my justice, attend to my supplication. Pay attention to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.
17:1 Oración de David. OYE, oh Jehová, justicia; está atento á mi clamor; escucha mi oración hecha sin labios de engaño.
17:1 A Prayer by David. Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
2 Let my judgment proceed from your presence. Let your eyes behold fairness.
17:2 De delante de tu rostro salga mi juicio; vean tus ojos la rectitud.
17:2 Let my sentence come out of your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.
3 You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.
17:3 Tú has probado mi corazón, hasme visitado de noche; me has apurado, y nada inicuo hallaste: heme propuesto que mi boca no ha de propasarse.
17:3 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 Therefore, may my mouth not speak the works of men. I have kept to difficult ways because of the words of your lips.
17:4 Para las obras humanas, por la palabra de tus labios yo me he guardado de las vías del destructor.
17:4 As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
5 Perfect my steps in your paths, so that my footsteps may not be disturbed.
17:5 Sustenta mis pasos en tus caminos, porque mis pies no resbalen.
17:5 My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.
6 I have cried out because you, O God, have listened to me. Incline your ear to me and heed my words.
17:6 Yo te he invocado, por cuanto tú me oirás, oh Dios: inclina á mí tu oído, escucha mi palabra.
17:6 I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
7 Make your mercies wonderful, for you save those who hope in you.
17:7 Muestra tus estupendas misericordias, tú que salvas á los que en ti confían de los que se levantan contra tu diestra.
17:7 Show your marvelous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.
8 From those who resist your right hand, preserve me like the pupil of your eye. Protect me under the shadow of your wings,
17:8 Guárdame como lo negro de la niñeta del ojo, escóndeme con la sombra de tus alas,
17:8 Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
9 from the face of the impious who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul.
17:9 De delante de los malos que me oprimen, de mis enemigos que me cercan por la vida.
17:9 from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.
10 They have concealed their fatness; their mouth has been speaking arrogantly.
17:10 Cerrados están con su grosura; con su boca hablan soberbiamente.
17:10 They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.
11 They have cast me out, and now they have surrounded me. They have cast their eyes down to the earth.
17:11 Nuestros pasos nos han cercado ahora: puestos tienen sus ojos para echar[nos] por tierra.
17:11 They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
12 They have taken me, like a lion ready for the prey, and like a young lion dwelling in hiding.
17:12 Parecen al león que desea hacer presa, y al leoncillo que está escondido.
17:12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 Rise up, O Lord, arrive before him and displace him. Deliver my soul from the impious one: your spear from the enemies of your hand.
17:13 Levántate, oh Jehová; prevén su encuentro, póstrale: libra mi alma del malo con tu espada;
17:13 Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
14 Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life. Their gut has been filled from your hidden stores. They have been filled with sons, and they have bequeathed to their little ones the remainder.
17:14 De los hombres con tu mano, oh Jehová, de los hombres de mundo, cuya parte es en [esta] vida, y cuyo vientre hinches de tu tesoro: hartan [sus] hijos, y dejan el resto á sus chiquitos.
17:14 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 But as for me, I will appear before your sight in justice. I will be satisfied when your glory appears.
17:15 Yo en justicia veré tu rostro: seré saciado cuando despertare á tu semejanza.
17:15 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. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.
- 1 Psalm 142:6; Psalm 61:1; Psalm 145:18; Matthew 15:8; Daniel 9:18–19
- 2 Psalm 37:6; 2 Thessalonians 1:6–9; Ezekiel 18:25; Ezekiel 18:29; Jude 24
- 3 Job 23:10; Psalm 26:2; Acts 11:23; Psalm 39:1; Malachi 3:2
- 4 1 Peter 5:8; 1 Corinthians 3:3; Psalm 119:9–11; Matthew 4:10; Matthew 4:7
- 5 Psalm 44:18; Psalm 119:133; 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 121:3; Psalm 121:7
- 6 Psalm 116:2; Psalm 86:7; Psalm 88:2; Psalm 66:19–20; Psalm 55:16
- 7 Psalm 60:5; Psalm 5:11–12; Psalm 31:21; Psalm 20:6; Isaiah 41:10
- 8 Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalm 91:4; Psalm 91:1; Proverbs 7:2; Zechariah 2:8
- 9 Psalm 35:4; Psalm 35:7; Psalm 7:5; Psalm 31:20; Psalm 35:12
- 10 1 Samuel 2:3; Psalm 123:4; Psalm 31:18; Revelation 13:5–6; Matthew 13:15
- 11 Proverbs 6:13–14; Psalm 37:14; Psalm 10:8–10; 1 Samuel 26:2–3; 1 Samuel 23:26
- 12 Psalm 7:2; Psalm 10:9; 1 Peter 5:8; 2 Timothy 4:17; Psalm 22:13
- 13 Psalm 3:7; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 7:6; Psalm 44:23; Psalm 7:11–13
- 14 Job 22:18; John 17:14; John 8:23; Psalm 49:17–19; Luke 16:8
- 15 2 Corinthians 3:18; Matthew 5:6; Psalm 16:11; Psalm 11:7; 1 John 3:2–3
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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). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 17.
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“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).
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)
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)
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)
… 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)
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)