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1 »¡Y ahora resulta que de mí se burlanjovencitos a cuyos padres no habría puestoni con mis perros ovejeros!
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“But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.
2 ¿De qué me habría servido la fuerza de sus manos,si no tenían ya fuerza para nada?
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Of what use was the strength of their hands to me, since their vigor had gone from them?
3 Retorciéndose de hambre y de necesidad,rondaban en la noche por tierras desoladas,por páramos deshabitados.
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Haggard from want and hunger, they roamed the parched land in desolate wastelands at night.
4 En las breñas recogían hierbas amargasy comían raíces de retama.
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In the brush they gathered salt herbs, and their food was the root of the broom bush.
5 Habían sido excluidos de la comunidad,acusados a gritos como ladrones.
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They were banished from human society, shouted at as if they were thieves.
6 Se vieron obligados a viviren el lecho de los arroyos secos,entre las grietas y en las cuevas.
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They were forced to live in the dry stream beds, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
7 Bramaban entre los matorrales,se amontonaban entre la maleza.
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They brayed among the bushes and huddled in the undergrowth.
8 Gente vil, generación infame,fueron expulsados de la tierra.
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A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of the land.
9 »¡Y ahora resulta que soy tema de sus parodias!¡Me he vuelto su hazmerreír!
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“And now those young men mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
10 Les doy asco, y se alejan de mí;no vacilan en escupirme en la cara.
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They detest me and keep their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
11 Ahora que Dios me ha humillado por completo,no se refrenan en mi presencia.
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Now that God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they throw off restraint in my presence.
12 A mi derecha, me ataca el populacho;tienden trampas a mis piesy levantan rampas de asalto para atacarme.
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On my right the tribe attacks; they lay snares for my feet, they build their siege ramps against me.
13 Han irrumpido en mi camino;sin ayuda de nadie han logrado destruirme.
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They break up my road; they succeed in destroying me. ‘No one can help him,’ they say.
14 Avanzan como a través de una brecha;irrumpen entre las ruinas.
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They advance as through a gaping breach; amid the ruins they come rolling in.
15 El terror me ha sobrecogido;mi dignidad se esfuma como el viento,¡mi salvación se desvanece como las nubes!
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Terrors overwhelm me; my dignity is driven away as by the wind, my safety vanishes like a cloud.
16 »Y ahora la vida se me escapa;me oprimen los días de sufrimiento.
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“And now my life ebbs away; days of suffering grip me.
17 La noche me taladra los huesos;el dolor que me corroe no tiene fin.
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Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never rest.
18 Como con un manto, Dios me envuelve con su poder;me ahoga como el cuello de mi ropa.
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In his great power God becomes like clothing to me ; he binds me like the neck of my garment.
19 Me arroja con fuerza en el fango,y me reduce a polvo y ceniza.
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He throws me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.
20 »A ti clamo, oh Dios, pero no me respondes;me hago presente, pero tú apenas me miras.
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“I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you merely look at me.
21 Implacable, te vuelves contra mí;con el poder de tu brazo me atacas.
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You turn on me ruthlessly; with the might of your hand you attack me.
22 Me arrebatas, me lanzas al viento;me arrojas al ojo de la tormenta.
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You snatch me up and drive me before the wind; you toss me about in the storm.
23 Sé muy bien que me harás bajar al sepulcro,a la morada final de todos los vivientes.
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I know you will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
24 »Pero nadie golpea al que está derrotado,al que en su angustia reclama auxilio.
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“Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.
25 ¿Acaso no he llorado por los que sufren?¿No me he condolido por los pobres?
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Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
26 Cuando esperaba lo bueno, vino lo malo;cuando buscaba la luz, vinieron las sombras.
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Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.
27 No cesa la agitación que me invade;me enfrento a días de sufrimiento.
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The churning inside me never stops; days of suffering confront me.
28 Ando apesadumbrado, pero no a causa del sol;me presento en la asamblea, y pido ayuda.
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I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
29 He llegado a ser hermano de los chacales,compañero de las lechuzas.
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I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of owls.
30 La piel se me ha requemado, y se me cae;el cuerpo me arde por la fiebre.
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My skin grows black and peels; my body burns with fever.
31 El tono de mi arpa es de lamento,el son de mi flauta es de tristeza.
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My lyre is tuned to mourning, and my pipe to the sound of wailing.
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