Salmos 18
Biblia del Jubileo
Al Vencedor: Salmo del esclavo del SEÑOR, de David, el cual habló al SEÑOR las palabras de este cántico el día que le libró el SEÑOR de mano de todos sus enemigos, y de mano de Saúl. Entonces dijo:
1 Te amaré, oh SEÑOR, fortaleza mía.
2 SEÑOR, roca mía y castillo mío, y mi libertador; Dios mío, fuerte mío, en él confiaré; escudo mío, y el cuerno de mi salud, mi refugio.
3 Invocaré al SEÑOR, digno de ser alabado, y seré salvo de mis enemigos.
4 Me cercaron dolores de muerte, y torrentes de Belial me atemorizaron.
5 Dolores del Seol me rodearon, me previnieron lazos de muerte.
6 En mi angustia llamé al SEÑOR, y clamé a mi Dios. El oyó mi voz desde su templo, y mi clamor llegó delante de él, a sus oídos.
7 Y la tierra fue conmovida y tembló; y los fundamentos de los montes se estremecieron, y se removieron porque él se enojó.
8 Subió humo en su nariz, y de su boca fuego quemante; carbones se encendieron de él.
9 Y bajó a los cielos, y descendió; y había oscuridad debajo de sus pies.
10 Y cabalgó sobre un querubín, y voló; voló sobre las alas del viento.
11 Puso tinieblas por su escondedero, en sus alrededores de su tabernáculo oscuridad de aguas, nubes de los cielos.
12 Por el resplandor delante de él, sus nubes pasaron; granizo y carbones de fuego.
13 Y tronó en los cielos el SEÑOR, y el Altísimo dio su voz; granizo y carbones de fuego.
14 Y envió sus saetas, y los desbarató; y echó relámpagos, y los destruyó.
15 Y aparecieron las honduras de las aguas, y se descubrieron los cimientos del mundo por tu reprensión, oh SEÑOR, por el soplo del viento de tu nariz.
16 Envió desde lo alto; me tomó, me sacó de las muchas aguas.
17 Me libró de mi fuerte enemigo, y de los que me aborrecían, aunque ellos eran más fuertes que yo.
18 Me anticiparon en el día de mi quebrantamiento; mas el SEÑOR me fue por bordón.
19 Y me sacó a anchura. Me libró, porque se agradó de mí.
20 ¶ El SEÑOR me pagará conforme a mi justicia; conforme a la limpieza de mis manos me volverá.
21 Por cuanto guardé los caminos del SEÑOR, y no me volví impío apostatando de mi Dios.
22 Porque todos sus juicios estuvieron delante de mí, y no eché de mí sus estatutos.
23 Y fui perfecto para con él, y me he guardado de mi iniquidad.
24 Y me pagó el SEÑOR conforme a mi justicia; conforme a la limpieza de mis manos delante de sus ojos.
25 Con el misericordioso serás misericordioso, y con el varón perfecto serás perfecto.
26 Con el limpio serás limpio, y con el perverso serás adversario.
27 Por tanto al pueblo humilde salvarás, y los ojos altivos humillarás.
28 Por tanto tú alumbrarás mi lámpara el SEÑOR mi Dios alumbrará mis tinieblas.
29 ¶ Porque contigo deshice ejércitos; y en mi Dios asalté muros.
30 Dios, perfecto su camino; la palabra del SEÑOR afinada; escudo es a todos los que esperan en él.
31 Porque ¿qué Dios hay fuera del SEÑOR? ¿Y qué fuerte fuera de nuestro Dios?
32 Dios es el que me ciñe de fuerza, e hizo perfecto mi camino.
33 Quien pone mis pies como pies de ciervas, y me hizo estar sobre mis alturas.
34 Quien enseña mis manos para la batalla, y el arco de bronce será quebrado con mis brazos.
35 Me diste asimismo el escudo de tu salud; y tu diestra me sustentará, y tu mansedumbre me multiplicará.
36 Ensancharás mis pasos debajo de mí, y no titubearán mis rodillas.
37 Perseguiré a mis enemigos, y los alcanzaré, y no volveré hasta acabarlos.
38 Los heriré, y no podrán levantarse; caerán debajo de mis pies.
39 Y me ceñiste de fortaleza para la pelea; has agobiado mis enemigos debajo de mí.
40 Y me diste la cerviz de mis enemigos, y destruí a los que me aborrecían.
41 Clamaron, y no hubo quién se salvara; aun al SEÑOR, mas no los oyó.
42 Y los molí como polvo delante del viento; los esparcí como lodo de las calles.
43 Me libraste de contiendas de pueblo; me pusiste por cabecera de gentiles; pueblo que no conocí, me sirvió.
44 Al oír de mí, me obedeció; los hijos de extraños se sometieron a mí aun contra su voluntad;
45 Los hombres extraños se cayeron, y tuvieron miedo desde sus encerramientos.
46 Viva el SEÑOR, y bendito sea mi fuerte; y sea ensalzado el Dios de mi salud.
47 El Dios que me da las venganzas, y sujetó pueblos debajo de mí.
48 Mi libertador de mis enemigos; también me hiciste superior a mis adversarios; de varón traidor me libraste.
49 Por tanto yo te confesaré entre los gentiles, oh SEÑOR, y cantaré a tu nombre.
50 El cual engrandece las saludes de su rey, y hace misericordia a su ungido David, y a su simiente, para siempre.
Psalm 18
English Standard Version
The Lord Is My Rock and My Fortress
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, (A)the servant of the Lord, (B)who addressed the words of this (C)song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said:
18 I love you, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my (D)rock and my (E)fortress and my deliverer,
my God, my (F)rock, in (G)whom I take refuge,
my (H)shield, and (I)the horn of my salvation, my (J)stronghold.
3 I call upon the Lord, who is (K)worthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies.
4 (L)The cords of death encompassed me;
(M)the torrents of destruction assailed me;[a]
5 (N)the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.
6 (O)In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his (P)temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.
7 Then the earth (Q)reeled and rocked;
the foundations also of the mountains trembled
and quaked, because he was angry.
8 Smoke went up from his nostrils,[b]
and devouring (R)fire from his mouth;
glowing coals flamed forth from him.
9 He (S)bowed the heavens and (T)came down;
(U)thick darkness was under his feet.
10 He rode on a cherub and flew;
he came swiftly on (V)the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his covering, his (W)canopy around him,
thick clouds (X)dark with water.
12 Out of the brightness before him
(Y)hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.
13 The Lord also (Z)thundered in the heavens,
and the Most High uttered his (AA)voice,
hailstones and coals of fire.
14 And he sent out his (AB)arrows and scattered them;
he flashed forth lightnings and (AC)routed them.
15 Then (AD)the channels of the sea were seen,
and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your (AE)rebuke, O Lord,
at the blast of (AF)the breath of your nostrils.
16 He (AG)sent from on high, he took me;
he (AH)drew me out of (AI)many waters.
17 He rescued me from my strong enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were (AJ)too mighty for me.
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.
19 He brought me out into (AK)a broad place;
he rescued me, because he (AL)delighted in me.
20 The Lord dealt with me (AM)according to my righteousness;
according to (AN)the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
21 For I have (AO)kept the ways of the Lord,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For (AP)all his rules[c] were before me,
and his statutes I did not put away from me.
23 I was (AQ)blameless before him,
and I kept myself from my guilt.
24 So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
25 With (AR)the merciful you show yourself merciful;
with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
26 with the purified you show yourself pure;
and with (AS)the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
27 For you save (AT)a humble people,
but (AU)the haughty eyes you bring down.
28 For it is you who light my (AV)lamp;
the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
29 For by you I can run against a troop,
and by my God I can (AW)leap over (AX)a wall.
30 This God—his way is (AY)perfect;[d]
the word of the Lord (AZ)proves true;
he is (BA)a shield for all those who (BB)take refuge in him.
31 For (BC)who is God, but the Lord?
And who is (BD)a rock, except our God?—
32 the God who (BE)equipped me with strength
and made my way (BF)blameless.
33 He made my feet like the feet of a (BG)deer
and set me secure on (BH)the heights.
34 He (BI)trains my hands for war,
so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35 You have given me the shield of your salvation,
and your right hand (BJ)supported me,
and your (BK)gentleness made me great.
36 You (BL)gave a wide place for my steps under me,
and my feet did not slip.
37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
and did not turn back till they were consumed.
38 I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise;
they fell under my feet.
39 For you equipped me with strength for the battle;
you made those who rise against me sink under me.
40 You made my enemies (BM)turn their backs to me,[e]
and those who hated me I destroyed.
41 (BN)They cried for help, but there was none to save;
they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
42 I beat them fine as (BO)dust before the wind;
I cast them out like (BP)the mire of the streets.
43 You delivered me from (BQ)strife with the people;
you made me (BR)the head of the nations;
(BS)people whom I had not known served me.
44 As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me;
(BT)foreigners (BU)came cringing to me.
45 (BV)Foreigners lost heart
and (BW)came trembling out of their fortresses.
46 The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,
and exalted be the God of my salvation—
47 the God who gave me vengeance
and (BX)subdued peoples under me,
48 who rescued me from my enemies;
yes, you (BY)exalted me above those who rose against me;
you delivered me from (BZ)the man of violence.
49 (CA)For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations,
and (CB)sing to your name.
50 Great (CC)salvation he brings to his king,
and shows steadfast love to his (CD)anointed,
to (CE)David and his offspring forever.
Footnotes
- Psalm 18:4 Or terrified me
- Psalm 18:8 Or in his wrath
- Psalm 18:22 Or just decrees
- Psalm 18:30 Or blameless
- Psalm 18:40 Or You gave me my enemies' necks
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