Salmos 18

Reina-Valera 1960

Acción de gracias por la victoria

(2 S. 22.1-51)

Al músico principal. Salmo de David, siervo de Jehová, el cual dirigió a Jehová las palabras de este cántico el día que le libró Jehová de mano de todos sus enemigos, y de mano de Saúl. Entonces dijo:

18 Te amo, oh Jehová, fortaleza mía.
2 Jehová, roca mía y castillo mío, y mi libertador;
Dios mío, fortaleza mía, en él confiaré;
Mi escudo, y la fuerza de mi salvación, mi alto refugio.
3 Invocaré a Jehová, quien es digno de ser alabado,
Y seré salvo de mis enemigos.

4 Me rodearon ligaduras de muerte,
Y torrentes de perversidad me atemorizaron.
5 Ligaduras del Seol me rodearon,
Me tendieron lazos de muerte.

6 En mi angustia invoqué a Jehová,
Y clamé a mi Dios.
Él oyó mi voz desde su templo,
Y mi clamor llegó delante de él, a sus oídos.
7 La tierra fue conmovida y tembló;
Se conmovieron los cimientos de los montes,
Y se estremecieron, porque se indignó él.
8 Humo subió de su nariz,
Y de su boca fuego consumidor;
Carbones fueron por él encendidos.
9 Inclinó los cielos, y descendió;
Y había densas tinieblas debajo de sus pies.
10 Cabalgó sobre un querubín, y voló;
Voló sobre las alas del viento.
11 Puso tinieblas por su escondedero, por cortina suya alrededor de sí;
Oscuridad de aguas, nubes de los cielos.
12 Por el resplandor de su presencia, sus nubes pasaron;
Granizo y carbones ardientes.
13 Tronó en los cielos Jehová,
Y el Altísimo dio su voz;
Granizo y carbones de fuego.
14 Envió sus saetas, y los dispersó;
Lanzó relámpagos, y los destruyó.
15 Entonces aparecieron los abismos de las aguas,
Y quedaron al descubierto los cimientos del mundo,
A tu reprensión, oh Jehová,
Por el soplo del aliento de tu nariz.

16 Envió desde lo alto; me tomó,
Me sacó de las muchas aguas.
17 Me libró de mi poderoso enemigo,
Y de los que me aborrecían; pues eran más fuertes que yo.
18 Me asaltaron en el día de mi quebranto,
Mas Jehová fue mi apoyo.
19 Me sacó a lugar espacioso;
Me libró, porque se agradó de mí.

20 Jehová me ha premiado conforme a mi justicia;
Conforme a la limpieza de mis manos me ha recompensado.
21 Porque yo he guardado los caminos de Jehová,
Y no me aparté impíamente de mi Dios.
22 Pues todos sus juicios estuvieron delante de mí,
Y no me he apartado de sus estatutos.
23 Fui recto para con él, y me he guardado de mi maldad,
24 Por lo cual me ha recompensado Jehová conforme a mi justicia;
Conforme a la limpieza de mis manos delante de su vista.

25 Con el misericordioso te mostrarás misericordioso,
Y recto para con el hombre íntegro.
26 Limpio te mostrarás para con el limpio,
Y severo serás para con el perverso.
27 Porque tú salvarás al pueblo afligido,
Y humillarás los ojos altivos.
28 Tú encenderás mi lámpara;
Jehová mi Dios alumbrará mis tinieblas.
29 Contigo desbarataré ejércitos,
Y con mi Dios asaltaré muros.
30 En cuanto a Dios, perfecto es su camino,
Y acrisolada la palabra de Jehová;
Escudo es a todos los que en él esperan.

31 Porque ¿quién es Dios sino solo Jehová?
¿Y qué roca hay fuera de nuestro Dios?
32 Dios es el que me ciñe de poder,
Y quien hace perfecto mi camino;
33 Quien hace mis pies como de ciervas,(A)
Y me hace estar firme sobre mis alturas;
34 Quien adiestra mis manos para la batalla,
Para entesar con mis brazos el arco de bronce.
35 Me diste asimismo el escudo de tu salvación;
Tu diestra me sustentó,
Y tu benignidad me ha engrandecido.
36 Ensanchaste mis pasos debajo de mí,
Y mis pies no han resbalado.
37 Perseguí a mis enemigos, y los alcancé,
Y no volví hasta acabarlos.
38 Los herí de modo que no se levantasen;
Cayeron debajo de mis pies.
39 Pues me ceñiste de fuerzas para la pelea;
Has humillado a mis enemigos debajo de mí.
40 Has hecho que mis enemigos me vuelvan las espaldas,
Para que yo destruya a los que me aborrecen.
41 Clamaron, y no hubo quien salvase;
Aun a Jehová, pero no los oyó.
42 Y los molí como polvo delante del viento;
Los eché fuera como lodo de las calles.

43 Me has librado de las contiendas del pueblo;
Me has hecho cabeza de las naciones;
Pueblo que yo no conocía me sirvió.
44 Al oír de mí me obedecieron;
Los hijos de extraños se sometieron a mí.
45 Los extraños se debilitaron
Y salieron temblando de sus encierros.

46 Viva Jehová, y bendita sea mi roca,
Y enaltecido sea el Dios de mi salvación;
47 El Dios que venga mis agravios,
Y somete pueblos debajo de mí;
48 El que me libra de mis enemigos,
Y aun me eleva sobre los que se levantan contra mí;
Me libraste de varón violento.

49 Por tanto yo te confesaré entre las naciones, oh Jehová,
Y cantaré a tu nombre.(B)
50 Grandes triunfos da a su rey,
Y hace misericordia a su ungido,
A David y a su descendencia, para siempre.

Tehillim 18

Orthodox Jewish Bible

18 (For the one directing. Of Dovid Eved Hashem who sang to Hashem the lyrics of this shirah on the day Hashem delivered him from the hand of all his oyevim and from the hand of Sha’ul; and he said) I will love Thee, Hashem, my strength.

²⁽³⁾Hashem is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; Eli my Tzur (rock), in whom I take refuge; my mogen, and the keren of my salvation, and my misgav (high place as a refuge).

³⁽⁴⁾I will call upon Hashem, Who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from mine oyevim.

⁴⁽⁵⁾The chevlei mavet entangled me, and the floods of Beliya’al terrorized me.

⁵⁽⁶⁾The chevlei Sheol snaked around me; the snares of mavet confronted me.

⁶⁽⁷⁾In my distress I called upon Hashem, and cried unto Elohai; He heard my voice out of His Heikhal, and my cry came before Him, even into His ears.

⁷⁽⁸⁾Ha’aretz shook and trembled; the foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because He was angry.

⁸⁽⁹⁾Smoke went up from His nostrils, and eish out of His mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it.

⁹⁽¹⁰⁾He parted Shomayim, and descended, and dark clouds were under His feet.

¹⁰⁽¹¹⁾And He rode upon a keruv (cherub), and did fly; yea, He soared upon the wings of the ruach.

¹¹⁽¹²⁾He made choshech His secret place; His sukkah round about Him was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

¹²⁽¹³⁾Out of the brightness that was before Him there broke through barad (hailstones) and coals of eish out of His clouds.

¹³⁽¹⁴⁾Hashem also thundered in Shomayim, and Elyon gave His voice amid barad and coals of eish.

¹⁴⁽¹⁵⁾Yea, He sent out His khitzim (arrows), and scattered them; and He shot out great lightning bolts, and did put them to rout.

¹⁵⁽¹⁶⁾Then the channels of waters were exposed, and the foundations of the tevel (world) were laid bare at Thy rebuke, Hashem, at the blast of the ruach of Thy nostrils.

¹⁶⁽¹⁷⁾He sent from on high, He took hold of me, He drew me out of mayim rabbim (many waters).

¹⁷⁽¹⁸⁾He delivered me from my strong oyev, and from them which hated me; for they were too strong for me.

¹⁸⁽¹⁹⁾They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but Hashem was my stay.

¹⁹⁽²⁰⁾He brought me forth also into a place merkhav (spacious); He delivered me, because He delighted in me.

²⁰⁽²¹⁾Hashem dealt with me according to my tzedek; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.

²¹⁽²²⁾For I have been shomer regarding the Darkhei Hashem, and have not wickedly departed from Elohai.

²²⁽²³⁾For all His mishpatim were before me, and I did not put away His chukkot from me.

²³⁽²⁴⁾I was also tamim (blameless) before Him, and I kept myself from mine avon.

²⁴⁽²⁵⁾Therefore hath Hashem recompensed me according to my tzedek, according to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes.

²⁵⁽²⁶⁾With the chasid Thou wilt show Thyself chesed; with a perfect man Thou wilt show Thyself perfect;

²⁶⁽²⁷⁾With the pure Thou wilt show Thyself pure; and with the ikesh (crooked, perverted, false) Thou wilt show Thyself shrewd.

²⁷⁽²⁸⁾For Thou wilt save the ani (poor); but wilt bring down low haughty looks.

²⁸⁽²⁹⁾For Thou wilt light my ner; Hashem Elohai will enlighten my choshech.

²⁹⁽³⁰⁾For by Thee have I scattered a troop; and by Elohai have I leaped over a wall.

³⁰⁽³¹⁾As for El, His derech is tamim (perfect); the word of Hashem is tzerufah (tested and proved flawless, inerrant); He is a mogen to all those that take refuge in Him.

³¹⁽³²⁾For who is Elohim besides Hashem? Or who is Tzur but Eloheinu?

³²⁽³³⁾It is El that armeth me with chayil, and maketh my derech tamim (perfect).

³³⁽³⁴⁾He maketh my raglayim like deer feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

³⁴⁽³⁵⁾He traineth my hands for milchamah, so that a keshet-nechushah mine arms can bend.

³⁵⁽³⁶⁾Thou hast also given me the mogen of Thy salvation; and Thy right hand hath held me up, and Thy lowliness hath made me great.

³⁶⁽³⁷⁾Thou hast made rakhav (broad) the place for my footsteps under me, that my ankles did not turn.

³⁷⁽³⁸⁾I have pursued mine oyevim, and overtaken them; neither did I turn back till they were consumed.

³⁸⁽³⁹⁾I have crushed them that they were not able to rise; they are fallen under my raglayim.

³⁹⁽⁴⁰⁾For Thou hast armed me with chayil unto the milchamah; Thou hast made bow down under me those that rose up against me.

⁴⁰⁽⁴¹⁾Thou hast also given me the necks of mine oyevim; that I might destroy them that hate me.

⁴¹⁽⁴²⁾They cried for help, but there was no Moshi’a to save them, even unto Hashem, but He answered them not.

⁴²⁽⁴³⁾Then did I beat them small as the dust before the ruach; I did empty them out as the dirt in the chutzot (streets).

⁴³⁽⁴⁴⁾Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and Thou hast made me the Rosh (head) of the Goyim (nations); an Am (people) whom I have not known shall serve me.

⁴⁴⁽⁴⁵⁾As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me; the Bnei Nekhar (foreigners) shall submit themselves unto me.

⁴⁵⁽⁴⁶⁾The Bnei Nekhar shall fade away, and come forth trembling out of their misgerot (stongholds, fastnesses, secure places).

⁴⁶⁽⁴⁷⁾Hashem chai; and baruch be my Tzur; and let the Elohei of my salvation be exalted.

⁴⁷⁽⁴⁸⁾It is El that avengeth me, and subdueth the nations under me.

⁴⁸⁽⁴⁹⁾He saveth me from mine oyevim; yea, Thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me; Thou hast delivered me from the ish chamas.

⁴⁹⁽⁵⁰⁾Therefore will I give thanks unto Thee, Hashem, among the Goyim, and sing praises unto Shimecha.

⁵⁰⁽⁵¹⁾Great deliverance giveth He to His Melech; and showeth chesed to His Moshiach, to Dovid, and to his Zera ad olam.

Psalm 18

Evangelical Heritage Version

Psalm 18

Unfailing Kindness to David
And to His Descendant Forever

(2 Samuel 22)

Heading

For the choir director.
By David, the servant of the Lord, who spoke the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord had delivered him from the grasp of all his enemies, even from the grasp of Saul.

Praise to the Rock of Salvation

¹Then he said:
I love you, O Lord, my strength.
²The Lord is my rocky cliff, my stronghold, and my deliverer.
My God is my rock. I take refuge in him.
He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my high fortress.
³I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and I am saved from my enemies.

Deliverance From Death

⁴The ropes of death entangled me.
Floodwaters of destruction^[a] rolled over me.
⁵The ropes of the grave wrapped around me.
The traps of death threatened me.
⁶In my distress I called to the Lord.
To my God I cried out.
He heard my voice from his temple.
My cry came before him. It reached his ears.

The Greatness of the Deliverance

⁷Then the earth shook and quaked,
and the foundations of the mountains^[b] trembled.
They shook because the Lord was angry.
⁸Smoke rose from his nostrils,
and fire from his mouth devoured.
Coals were set on fire by it.
⁹Then he tore open the heavens and came down.
A dark cloud was under his feet.
¹⁰He rode upon a cherub,^[c] and he flew.
He soared on the wings of the wind.
¹¹He made the darkness around him his hiding place.
Dark rain clouds^[d] surrounded him like a canopy.
¹²Emerging from the brightness in front of him
    his clouds passed by with hail and coals of fire.
¹³Then the Lord thundered in the heavens.
The Most High raised his voice with hail and coals of fire.^[e]
¹⁴Then he shot his arrows and scattered the enemy.
He shot great lightning bolts and routed them.
¹⁵Then the sources of water^[f] were revealed,
and the foundations of the world were uncovered
    by your rebuke, O Lord,
    by the breath of wind from your nostrils.
¹⁶He reached down from on high and took hold of me.
He drew me out of deep waters.
¹⁷Because they were too strong for me,
he rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from those who hate me.
¹⁸They confronted me on the day of my disaster,
but the Lord supported me.
¹⁹Then he brought me out into a wide-open space.
He rescued me because he delighted in me.

David’s Uprightness as a Basis for God’s Judgment

²⁰The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness.
According to the cleanness of my hands he has repaid me,
²¹for I have kept the ways of the Lord.
I have not done evil and departed from my God.
²²So all his just decrees remain before me,
and I have not turned his statutes away from me.
²³I have been blameless with him.
I have kept myself from guilt.
²⁴The Lord has repaid me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

God’s Uprightness as a Basis for His Judgment

²⁵To the merciful you reveal yourself as merciful.
To the blameless person you reveal yourself as blameless.
²⁶To the pure you reveal yourself as pure,
but to the crooked you reveal yourself as crafty.
²⁷For you save humble people,
but you bring low the eyes of the arrogant.
²⁸Yes, you light my lamp, O Lord.
My God turns my darkness to light.
²⁹For with you I can charge against a battalion,
and with my God I can jump over a wall.

God Equips David for Victory

³⁰This God—his way is blameless.
The speech of the Lord is pure.
He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
³¹For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is the Rock except our God?
³²This God wraps me with strength
and makes my way perfect.^[g]
³³By making my feet like those of a deer
he enables me to stand on high places.
³⁴Because he trains my hands for battle,
my arms can draw a bronze bow.
³⁵Then you give me the shield of your salvation.
Your right hand sustains me,
and you stoop down to lift me up.
³⁶You widen the path under my feet,
so that my ankles do not give way.

David’s Victories

³⁷I pursued my enemies, and I overtook them.
So I did not turn back until they were wiped out.
³⁸I crushed them so that they could not rise again.
They fell beneath my feet.
³⁹You wrapped me with strength for battle.
You made those who rose up against me bow down to me.
⁴⁰You made my enemies turn their backs and flee.
I destroyed those who hate me.
⁴¹They cried for help, but there was no one to save them.
They cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
⁴²So I grind them as fine as dust blown by the wind.
I dump them out like mud in the streets.
⁴³You delivered me from the accusations of the people.
You made me the head of nations.
A people I did not know serve me.
⁴⁴As soon as they hear me, they obey me.
Foreigners cower before me.
⁴⁵Foreigners fall exhausted.
They come trembling from their strongholds.

Closing Words of Faith

⁴⁶The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock!
May the God who saves me be exalted!
⁴⁷The God who avenges me subdues peoples under me.
⁴⁸You delivered me from my enemies.
Yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me.
You rescued me from the violent man.
⁴⁹Therefore I will praise you among the nations, Lord.
To your name I will make music.
⁵⁰By providing great salvation for his King,
he shows mercy to his Anointed One,
to David and to his Descendant^[h] forever.

Footnotes

Psalm 18:4 Hebrew floodwaters of belial. Belial means worthless or unrestrained. It later became a name for Satan.
Psalm 18:7 See 2 Samuel 22:8, which reads foundations of the heavens.
Psalm 18:10 The cherubim are the powerful angels who serve as God’s honor guard.
Psalm 18:11 Literally darkness of waters, clouds of a cloudy sky
Psalm 18:13 The Greek text does not include hail and coals of fire in this verse. It may be an accidental repetition from the preceding verse. The parallel in 2 Samuel 22:14 does not have this repetition.
Psalm 18:15 Sources of the sea is the reading in the parallel text in 2 Samuel 22:16.
Psalm 18:32 Or smooth
Psalm 18:50 Literally seed. The word seed connects this passage to the messianic promises given to Eve and to Abraham. By preserving David and his royal line, God carried on the messianic line that would reach its goal in Jesus.

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