Psalm 18
King James Version
18 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
28 For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
31 For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?
32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
46 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
Salmos 18
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Acción de gracias por la victoria(A)
Al músico principal. Salmo de David, siervo del Señor. David dedicó este cántico al Señor cuando el Señor lo libró de Saúl y de todos sus enemigos. Éstas son sus palabras:
18 Mi Señor, mi fortaleza,
¡yo te amo!
2 Mi Señor y Dios,
tú eres mi roca, mi defensor, ¡mi libertador!
Tú eres mi fuerza y mi escudo,
mi poderosa salvación, mi alto refugio.
¡En ti confío!
3 Yo te invoco, Señor,
porque sólo tú eres digno de alabanza;
¡tú me salvas de mis adversarios!
4 Los lazos de la muerte me rodearon;
¡me arrolló un torrente de perversidad!
5 Los lazos del sepulcro me rodearon;
¡me vi ante las trampas de la muerte!
6 Pero en mi angustia, Señor, a ti clamé;
a ti, mi Dios, pedí ayuda,
y desde tu templo me escuchaste;
¡mis gemidos llegaron a tus oídos!
7 La tierra tembló y se estremeció;
las montañas se cimbraron hasta sus cimientos;
¡se sacudieron por la indignación del Señor!
8 Humo salía de su nariz,
y por su boca brotaba fuego encendido;
¡su furor inflamaba los carbones!
9 El Señor inclinó el cielo, y descendió;
bajo sus pies había una densa oscuridad.
10 Montó sobre un querubín, y voló;
¡voló sobre las alas del viento!
11 Se envolvió en un manto de sombras;
se ocultó entre grises nubes, cargadas de agua.
12 De su deslumbrante presencia salieron
ascuas y granizos que cruzaron las nubes.
13 El Señor lanzó un poderoso trueno;
el Altísimo dejó escuchar su voz
en medio de ascuas y granizos.
14 Lanzó sus flechas, y los dispersó;
¡lanzó relámpagos, y acabó con ellos!
15 El Señor dejó oír su reprensión,
¡y a la vista quedó el fondo de las aguas!
De su nariz salió un intenso soplo,
¡y a la vista quedaron los cimientos del mundo!
16 Desde lo alto el Señor me tendió la mano
y me rescató de las aguas tumultuosas,
17 ¡me libró de los poderosos enemigos
que me odiaban y eran más fuertes que yo!
18 Me atacaron en el día de mi desgracia,
pero el Señor me dio su apoyo:
19 me llevó a un terreno espacioso,
y me salvó, porque se agradó de mí.
20 El Señor me premió porque soy justo;
¡porque mis manos están limpias de culpa!
21 Yo he seguido los caminos del Señor,
y ningún mal he cometido contra mi Dios.
22 Tengo presentes todos sus decretos,
y no me he apartado de sus estatutos.
23 Con él me he conducido rectamente,
y me he alejado de la maldad;
24 él ha visto la limpieza de mis manos,
y por eso ha recompensado mi justicia.
25 Señor, tú eres fiel con el que es fiel,
e intachable con el que es intachable.
26 Juegas limpio con quien juega limpio,
pero al tramposo le ganas en astucia.
27 Tú salvas a los humildes,
pero humillas a los soberbios.
28 Señor, mi Dios,
tú mantienes mi lámpara encendida;
¡tú eres la luz de mis tinieblas!
29 ¡Con tu ayuda, mi Dios,
puedo vencer ejércitos y derribar murallas!
30 El camino de Dios es perfecto;
la palabra del Señor, acrisolada;
Dios es el escudo de los que en él confían.
31 ¡Aparte del Señor, no hay otro Dios!
¡Aparte de nuestro Dios, no hay otra Roca!
32 Dios es quien me infunde fuerzas;
Dios es quien endereza mi camino;
33 Dios es quien me aligera los pies
y me hace correr como un venado;(B)
Dios es quien me afirma en las alturas;
34 Dios adiestra mis manos para el combate,
y me da fuerzas para tensar el arco de bronce.
35 Tú me diste el escudo de tu salvación,
me sostuviste con tu mano derecha,
y con tu bondad me engrandeciste.
36 Me pusiste sobre un terreno espacioso,
para que mis pies no resbalaran,
37 y así pude perseguir y alcanzar a mis adversarios;
¡no volví hasta haberlos exterminado!
38 Los herí, y ya no se levantaron;
¡quedaron tendidos debajo de mis pies!
39 Tú me infundiste fuerzas para la batalla,
para vencer y humillar a mis adversarios.
40 Tú los hiciste ponerse en retirada,
y así acabé con los que me odiaban.
41 Clamaron a ti, Señor, pero no los atendiste;
¡no hubo nadie que los ayudara!
42 Los hice polvo, y los arrastró el viento;
¡los pisoteé como al lodo en las calles!
43 Tú me libraste de un pueblo rebelde,
Y me pusiste al frente de las naciones.
Gente que yo no conocía, viene a servirme;
44 gente extraña me rinde homenaje;
¡apenas me escuchan, me obedecen!
45 ¡Gente de otros pueblos se llena de miedo,
y sale temblando de sus escondites!
46 ¡Viva el Señor! ¡Bendita sea mi roca!
¡Exaltado sea el Dios de mi salvación!
47 Es el Dios que vindica mis agravios
y somete a las naciones bajo mis pies.
48 Es el Dios que me libra de mis adversarios,
que me eleva por encima de mis oponentes,
¡que me pone a salvo de los violentos!
49 Por eso alabo al Señor entre los pueblos,
y canto salmos a su nombre.(C)
50 El Señor da la victoria al rey;
siempre es misericordioso con su ungido,
con David y con sus descendientes.
Psalm 18
New King James Version
God the Sovereign Savior(A)
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David (B)the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of (C)this song on the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said:
18 I (D)will love You, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my [a]strength, (E)in whom I will trust;
My shield and the [b]horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3 I will call upon the Lord, (F)who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
4 (G)The pangs of death surrounded me,
And the floods of [c]ungodliness made me afraid.
5 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
6 In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried out to my God;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.
7 (H)Then the earth shook and trembled;
The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken,
Because He was angry.
8 Smoke went up from His nostrils,
And devouring fire from His mouth;
Coals were kindled by it.
9 (I)He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With darkness under His feet.
10 (J)And He rode upon a cherub, and flew;
(K)He flew upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness His secret place;
(L)His canopy around Him was dark waters
And thick clouds of the skies.
12 (M)From the brightness before Him,
His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.
13 The Lord thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered (N)His voice,
[d]Hailstones and coals of fire.
14 (O)He sent out His arrows and scattered [e]the foe,
Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.
15 Then the channels of the sea were seen,
The foundations of the world were uncovered
At Your rebuke, O Lord,
At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
16 (P)He sent from above, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy,
From those who hated me,
For they were too strong for me.
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
But the Lord was my support.
19 (Q)He also brought me out into a broad place;
He delivered me because He delighted in me.
20 (R)The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands
He has recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all His judgments were before me,
And I did not put away His statutes from me.
23 I was also blameless [f]before Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
24 (S)Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
25 (T)With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;
With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
26 With the pure You will show Yourself pure;
And (U)with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
27 For You will save the humble people,
But will bring down (V)haughty looks.
28 (W)For You will light my lamp;
The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
29 For by You I can [g]run against a troop,
By my God I can leap over a wall.
30 As for God, (X)His way is perfect;
(Y)The word of the Lord is [h]proven;
He is a shield (Z)to all who trust in Him.
31 (AA)For who is God, except the Lord?
And who is a rock, except our God?
32 It is God who (AB)arms me with strength,
And makes my way perfect.
33 (AC)He makes my feet like the feet of deer,
And (AD)sets me on my high places.
34 (AE)He teaches my hands to make war,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35 You have also given me the shield of Your salvation;
Your right hand has held me up,
Your gentleness has made me great.
36 You enlarged my path under me,
(AF)So my feet did not slip.
37 I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them;
Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.
38 I have wounded them,
So that they could not rise;
They have fallen under my feet.
39 For You have armed me with strength for the battle;
You have [i]subdued under me those who rose up against me.
40 You have also given me the necks of my enemies,
So that I destroyed those who hated me.
41 They cried out, but there was none to save;
(AG)Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
42 Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind;
I (AH)cast them out like dirt in the streets.
43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people;
(AI)You have made me the head of the [j]nations;
(AJ)A people I have not known shall serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me they obey me;
The foreigners [k]submit to me.
45 (AK)The foreigners fade away,
And come frightened from their hideouts.
46 The Lord lives!
Blessed be my Rock!
Let the God of my salvation be exalted.
47 It is God who avenges me,
(AL)And subdues the peoples under me;
48 He delivers me from my enemies.
(AM)You also lift me up above those who rise against me;
You have delivered me from the violent man.
49 (AN)Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the [l]Gentiles,
And sing praises to Your name.
50 (AO)Great deliverance He gives to His king,
And shows mercy to His anointed,
To David and his [m]descendants forevermore.
Footnotes
- Psalm 18:2 Lit. rock
- Psalm 18:2 Strength
- Psalm 18:4 Lit. Belial
- Psalm 18:13 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; a few Heb. mss., LXX omit Hailstones and coals of fire
- Psalm 18:14 Lit. them
- Psalm 18:23 with
- Psalm 18:29 Or run through
- Psalm 18:30 Lit. refined
- Psalm 18:39 Lit. caused to bow
- Psalm 18:43 Gentiles
- Psalm 18:44 feign submission
- Psalm 18:49 nations
- Psalm 18:50 Lit. seed
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