¹ YO soy el hombre que ha visto aflicción en la vara de su enojo.

² Guióme y llevóme en tinieblas, mas no en luz.

³ Ciertamente contra mí volvió y revolvió su mano todo el día.

⁴ Hizo envejecer mi carne y mi piel; quebrantó mis huesos.

⁵ Edificó contra mí, y cercóme de tósigo y de trabajo.

⁶ Asentóme en oscuridades, como los ya muertos de mucho tiempo.

⁷ Cercóme por todos lados, y no puedo salir; agravó mis grillos.

⁸ Aun cuando clamé y dí voces, cerro los oídos a mi oración.

⁹ Cercó mis caminos con piedra tajada, torció mis senderos.

¹⁰ Como oso que acecha fué para mí, como león en escondrijos.

¹¹ Torció mis caminos, y depedazóme; tornóme asolado.

¹² Su arco entesó, y púsome como blanco a la saeta.

¹³ Hizo entrar en mis riñones las saetas de su aljaba.

¹⁴ Fuí escarnio á todo mi pueblo, canción de ellos todos los días.

¹⁵ Hartóme de amarguras, embriagóme de ajenjos.

¹⁶ Quebróme los dientes con cascajo, cubrióme de ceniza.

¹⁷ Y mi alma se alejó de la paz, olvidéme del bien.

¹⁸ Y dije: Pereció mi fortaleza, y mi esperanza de Jehová.

¹⁹ Acuérdate de mi aflicción y de mi abatimiento, del ajenjo y de la hiel.

²⁰ Tendrálo aún en memoria mi alma, porque en mí está humillada.

²¹ Esto reduciré á mi corazón, por lo cual esperaré.

²² Es por la misericordia de Jehová que no somos consumidos, porque nunca decayeron sus misericordias.

²³ Nuevas son cada mañana; grande es tu fidelidad.

²⁴ Mi parte es Jehová, dijo mi alma; por tanto en él esperaré.

²⁵ Bueno es Jehová á los que en él esperan, al alma que le buscare.

²⁶ Bueno es esperar callando en la salud de Jehová.

²⁷ Bueno es al hombre, si llevare el yugo desde su mocedad.

²⁸ Sentaráse solo, y callará, porque lo llevó sobre sí.

²⁹ Pondrá su boca en el polvo, por si quizá hay esperanza.

³⁰ Dará la mejilla al que le hiriere; hartaráse de afrenta.

³¹ Porque el Señor no desechará para siempre:

³² Antes si afligiere, también se compadecerá según la multitud de sus misericordias.

³³ Porque no aflige ni congoja de su corazón á los hijos de los hombres.

³⁴ Desmenuzar bajo de sus pies todos los encarcelados de la tierra,

³⁵ Hacer apartar el derecho del hombre ante la presencia del Altísimo,

³⁶ Trastornar al hombre en su causa, el Señor no lo sabe.

³⁷ ¿Quién será aquel que diga, que vino algo que el Señor no mandó?

³⁸ ¿De la boca del Altísimo no saldrá malo y bueno?

³⁹ ¿Por qué murmura el hombre viviente, el hombre en su pecado?

⁴⁰ Escudriñemos nuestros caminos, y busquemos, y volvámonos a Jehová.

⁴¹ Levantemos nuestros corazones con las manos a Dios en los cielos.

⁴² Nosotros nos hemos rebelado, y fuimos desleales; tú no perdonaste.

⁴³ Desplegaste la ira, y nos perseguiste; mataste, no perdonaste.

⁴⁴ Te cubriste de nube, porque no pasase la oración nuestra.

⁴⁵ Raedura y abominación nos tornaste en medio de los pueblos.

⁴⁶ Todos nuestros enemigos abrieron sobre nosotros su boca.

⁴⁷ Temor y lazo fué para nosotros, asolamiento y quebrantamiento.

⁴⁸ Ríos de aguas echan mis ojos, por el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo.

⁴⁹ Mis ojos destilan, y no cesan, porque no hay alivio,

⁵⁰ Hasta que Jehová mire y vea desde los cielos.

⁵¹ Mis ojos contristaron mi alma, por todas las hijas de mi ciudad.

⁵² Mis enemigos me dieron caza como á ave, sin por qué.

⁵³ Ataron mi vida en mazmorra, pusieron piedra sobre mí.

⁵⁴ Aguas de avenida vinieron sobre mi cabeza; yo dije: Muerto soy.

⁵⁵ Invoqué tu nombre, oh Jehová, desde la cárcel profunda.

⁵⁶ Oiste mi voz; no escondas tu oído á mi clamor, para mi respiro

⁵⁷ Acercástete el día que te invoqué: dijiste: No temas.

⁵⁸ Abogaste, Señor, la causa de mi alma; redimiste mi vida.

⁵⁹ Tú has visto, oh Jehová, mi agravio; defiende mi causa.

⁶⁰ Tú has visto toda su venganza; todos sus pensamientos contra mí.

⁶¹ Tú has oído el oprobio de ellos, oh Jehová, todas sus maquinaciones contra mí;

⁶² Los dichos de los que contra mí se levantaron, y su designio contra mí todo el día.

⁶³ Su sentarse, y su levantarse mira: yo soy su canción.

⁶⁴ Dales el pago, oh Jehová, según la obra de sus manos.

⁶⁵ Dales ansia de corazón, tu maldición á ellos.

⁶⁶ Persíguelos en tu furor, y quebrántalos de debajo de los cielos, oh Jehová.

¹ It happened on the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, with all its furniture, and the altar with all its vessels, and had anointed and sanctified them;

² that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes. These are they who were over those who were numbered:

³ and they brought their offering before Yahweh, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle.

⁴ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

⁵ "Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the Tent of Meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service."

⁶ Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.

⁷ He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service:

⁸ and he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

⁹ But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.

¹⁰ The princes gave offerings for the dedication of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes gave their offerings before the altar.

¹¹ Yahweh said to Moses, "They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedication of the altar."

¹² He who offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah,

¹³ and his offering was: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;

¹⁴ one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;

¹⁵ one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

¹⁶ one male goat for a sin offering;

¹⁷ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

¹⁸ On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, gave his offering.

¹⁹ He offered for his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;

²⁰ one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;

²¹ one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

²² one male goat for a sin offering;

²³ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.

²⁴ On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun

²⁵ gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;

²⁶ one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;

²⁷ one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

²⁸ one male goat for a sin offering;

²⁹ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.

³⁰ On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben

³¹ gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;

³² one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;

³³ one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

³⁴ one male goat for a sin offering;

³⁵ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.

³⁶ On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon

³⁷ gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;

³⁸ one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;

³⁹ one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

⁴⁰ one male goat for a sin offering;

⁴¹ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

⁴² On the sixth day, Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad

⁴³ gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;

⁴⁴ one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;

⁴⁵ one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

⁴⁶ one male goat for a sin offering;

⁴⁷ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

⁴⁸ On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim

⁴⁹ gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;

⁵⁰ one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;

⁵¹ one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

⁵² one male goat for a sin offering;

⁵³ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.

⁵⁴ On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh

⁵⁵ gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;

⁵⁶ one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;

⁵⁷ one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

⁵⁸ one male goat for a sin offering;

⁵⁹ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

⁶⁰ On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin

⁶¹ gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;

⁶² one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;

⁶³ one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

⁶⁴ one male goat for a sin offering;

⁶⁵ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.

⁶⁶ On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan

⁶⁷ gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;

⁶⁸ one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;

⁶⁹ one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

⁷⁰ one male goat for a sin offering;

⁷¹ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

⁷² On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the children of Asher

⁷³ gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;

⁷⁴ one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;

⁷⁵ one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

⁷⁶ one male goat for a sin offering;

⁷⁷ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.

⁷⁸ On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali

⁷⁹ gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;

⁸⁰ one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;

⁸¹ one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

⁸² one male goat for a sin offering;

⁸³ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.

⁸⁴ This was the dedication of the altar, on the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden ladles;

⁸⁵ each silver platter weighing one hundred thirty shekels, and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;

⁸⁶ the twelve golden ladles, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the ladles weighed one hundred twenty shekels;

⁸⁷ all the cattle for the burnt offering twelve bulls, the rams twelve, the male lambs a year old twelve, and their meal offering; and the male goats for a sin offering twelve;

⁸⁸ and all the cattle for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after it was anointed.

⁸⁹ When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Yahweh, he heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spoke to him.