1Aquel día se cantará este cántico en la tierra de Judá: ¡Ciudad fuerte tenemos! ¡Salvación le ha puesto por muro y antemuro!2¡Abrid las puertas y entrará un pueblo justo que guarda la fidelidad!3Tú guardarás en completa paz a aquel cuyo pensamiento en ti persevera, Porque en ti ha confiado.4Confiad en YHVH perpetuamente, Porque en YH YHVH está la Roca de los siglos.5Derribó a los que moraban en las alturas, Humilló a la ciudad exaltada, La abatió hasta la tierra y la derribó hasta el polvo;6Será pisoteada por los pies del oprimido, Por las pisadas de los menesterosos.7La senda del justo es recta; Tú, ¡oh Recto! allanas la senda del justo.8Oh YHVH, en la senda de tus juicios te esperamos, Tu Nombre y tu memoria son el anhelo del alma.9Mi alma te anhela de noche, Y por ti madruga mi espíritu dentro de mí, Porque cuando tus juicios se manifiestan en la tierra, Los habitantes del mundo aprenden justicia.10Se mostrará piedad al malvado, Pero no aprenderá justicia; Aun en tierra de rectitud seguirá practicando el mal, Y no considerará la grandeza de YHVH.11Aunque alces tu mano, oh YHVH, no la miran; Que miren avergonzados tu celo por el pueblo, Y que el fuego devore a tus enemigos.12Tú, oh YHVH, nos gobernarás en paz, Porque todas nuestras obras las has hecho a nuestro favor.13Oh YHVH Dios nuestro, otros amos aparte de ti nos han dominado, Pero sólo reconocemos tu Nombre, el tuyo solo.14Los muertos no vivirán, Las sombras no se alzarán, Por cuanto Tú los juzgaste y los destruiste, E hiciste perecer su memoria.15Multiplicaste al pueblo, oh YHVH, Multiplicaste al pueblo y manifestaste tu gloria: Ensanchaste los confines del país.16Oh YHVH, en la angustia acudieron a ti; Derramaron la oración cuando la fuerza de tu castigo arreciaba.17Como la parturienta que le llega el parto, Se retuerce y grita de dolor, Así hemos estado en tu presencia, oh YHVH.18Concebimos, nos retorcimos, Pero dimos a luz viento; No trajimos salvación a la tierra, Ni le nacieron habitantes al mundo.19¡Tus muertos vivirán! ¡Con mi cuerpo muerto resucitarán! ¡Despertad y cantad jubilosos moradores del polvo! Porque tu rocío es rocío de luz, la tierra parirá a las sombras.20Anda, pueblo mío, entra en tus aposentos; Cierra detrás de ti tus puertas, Escóndete por un breve momento, Hasta que pase la indignación.21He aquí YHVH sale de su morada, Para castigar la culpa del morador de la tierra: La tierra descubrirá la sangre derramada, No encubrirá ya más a los asesinados en ella.
1In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. (Is 27:2; Is 60:18)2Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. (Sal 118:19)3You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. (Is 30:15)4Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.5For he has humbled the inhabitants of the height, the lofty city. He lays it low, lays it low to the ground, casts it to the dust. (Is 25:12)6The foot tramples it, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.” (Is 25:4)7The path of the righteous is level; you make level the way of the righteous. (1 S 2:9; Sal 37:23)8In the path of your judgments, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul. (Ex 3:15)9My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. (2 Cr 33:12; Is 26:16)10If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly and does not see the majesty of the Lord. (Sal 73:3)11O Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed. Let the fire for your adversaries consume them. (Sal 21:9; Is 5:12; Is 33:14; Miq 5:9)12O Lord, you will ordain peace for us, for you have indeed done for us all our works. (Is 9:7; Miq 5:5)13O Lord our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone we bring to remembrance. (2 R 16:3; 2 R 18:4; Sal 20:7; Is 2:8; Is 2:20)14They are dead, they will not live; they are shades, they will not arise; to that end you have visited them with destruction and wiped out all remembrance of them.15But you have increased the nation, O Lord, you have increased the nation; you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders of the land. (Is 9:3; Is 54:2)16O Lord, in distress they sought you; they poured out a whispered prayer when your discipline was upon them. (Is 37:1; Os 5:15)17Like a pregnant woman who writhes and cries out in her pangs when she is near to giving birth, so were we because of you, O Lord; (Is 13:8)18we were pregnant, we writhed, but we have given birth to wind. We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth, and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen. (Is 26:17)19Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead. (Ez 37:12; Dn 12:2; Os 13:14; Os 14:5)20Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the fury has passed by. (Is 10:25)21For behold, the Lord is coming out from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity, and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it, and will no more cover its slain. (Is 24:5; Miq 1:3)