de Biblica1¡Cuánto te amo, Señor, fuerza mía!2El Señor es mi roca, mi amparo, mi libertador; es mi Dios, el peñasco en que me refugio. Es mi escudo, el poder que me salva,[1] ¡mi más alto escondite!3Invoco al Señor, que es digno de alabanza, y quedo a salvo de mis enemigos.4Los lazos de la muerte me envolvieron; los torrentes destructores me abrumaron.5Me enredaron los lazos del sepulcro, y me encontré ante las trampas de la muerte.6En mi angustia invoqué al Señor; clamé a mi Dios, y él me escuchó desde su templo; ¡mi clamor llegó a sus oídos!7La tierra tembló, se estremeció; se sacudieron los cimientos de los montes; ¡retemblaron a causa de su enojo!8Por la nariz echaba humo, por la boca, fuego consumidor; ¡lanzaba carbones encendidos!9Rasgando el cielo, descendió, pisando sobre oscuros nubarrones.10Montando sobre un querubín, surcó los cielos y se remontó sobre las alas del viento.11Hizo de las tinieblas su escondite, de los oscuros y cargados nubarrones un pabellón que lo rodeaba.12De su radiante presencia brotaron nubes, granizos y carbones encendidos.13En el cielo, entre granizos y carbones encendidos, se oyó el trueno del Señor, resonó la voz del Altísimo.14Lanzó sus flechas, sus grandes centellas; dispersó a mis enemigos y los puso en fuga.15A causa de tu reprensión, oh Señor, y por el resoplido de tu enojo,[2] las cuencas del mar quedaron a la vista; ¡al descubierto quedaron los cimientos de la tierra!16Extendiendo su mano desde lo alto, tomó la mía y me sacó del mar profundo.17Me libró de mi enemigo poderoso, de aquellos que me odiaban y eran más fuertes que yo.18En el día de mi desgracia me salieron al encuentro, pero mi apoyo fue el Señor.19Me sacó a un amplio espacio; me libró porque se agradó de mí.20El Señor me ha pagado conforme a mi justicia; me ha premiado conforme a la limpieza de mis manos,21pues he andado en los caminos del Señor; no he cometido mal alguno ni me he apartado de mi Dios.22Presentes tengo todas sus sentencias; no me he alejado de sus decretos.23He sido íntegro con él y me he abstenido de pecar.24El Señor me ha recompensado conforme a mi justicia, conforme a la limpieza de mis manos.25Tú eres fiel con quien es fiel, e irreprochable con quien es irreprochable;26sincero eres con quien es sincero, pero sagaz con el que es tramposo.27Tú das la victoria a los humildes, pero humillas a los altaneros.28Tú, Señor, mantienes mi lámpara encendida; tú, Dios mío, iluminas mis tinieblas.29Con tu apoyo me lanzaré contra un ejército; contigo, Dios mío, podré asaltar murallas.30El camino de Dios es perfecto; la palabra del Señor es intachable. Escudo es Dios a los que en él se refugian.31¿Quién es Dios, si no el Señor? ¿Quién es la roca, si no nuestro Dios?32Es él quien me arma de valor y endereza mi camino;33da a mis pies la ligereza del venado, y me mantiene firme en las alturas;34adiestra mis manos para la batalla, y mis brazos para tensar arcos de bronce.35Tú me cubres con el escudo de tu salvación, y con tu diestra me sostienes; tu bondad me ha hecho prosperar.36Me has despejado el camino, así que mis tobillos no flaquean.37Perseguí a mis enemigos, les di alcance, y no retrocedí hasta verlos aniquilados.38Los aplasté. Ya no pudieron levantarse. ¡Cayeron debajo de mis pies!39Tú me armaste de valor para el combate; bajo mi planta sometiste a los rebeldes.40Hiciste retroceder a mis enemigos, y así exterminé a los que me odiaban.41Pedían ayuda; no hubo quien los salvara. Al Señor clamaron,[3] pero no les respondió.42Los desmenucé. Parecían polvo disperso por el viento. ¡Los pisoteé[4] como al lodo de las calles!43Me has librado de una turba amotinada; me has puesto por encima de los paganos; me sirve gente que yo no conocía.44Apenas me oyen, me obedecen; son extranjeros, y me rinden homenaje.45¡Esos extraños se descorazonan, y temblando salen de sus refugios!46¡El Señor vive! ¡Alabada sea mi roca! ¡Exaltado sea Dios mi Salvador!47Él es el Dios que me vindica, el que pone los pueblos a mis pies.48Tú me libras del furor de mis enemigos, me exaltas por encima de mis adversarios, me salvas de los hombres violentos.49Por eso, Señor, te alabo entre las naciones y canto salmos a tu nombre.50El Señor da grandes victorias a su rey; a su ungido David y a sus descendientes les muestra por siempre su gran amor.
For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord. He sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:
1I love you, Lord, my strength.2The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield[1] and the horn[2] of my salvation, my stronghold.3I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies.4The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.5The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.6In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.7The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.8Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.9He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.10He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.11He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him – the dark rain clouds of the sky.12Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.13The Lord thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.[3] (2 S 22:14)14He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.15The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, Lord, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.16He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.17He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.18They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support.19He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.20The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.21For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I am not guilty of turning from my God.22All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.23I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.24The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.25To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,26to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.27You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.28You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.29With your help I can advance against a troop[4]; with my God I can scale a wall.30As for God, his way is perfect: the Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.31For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God?32It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.33He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.34He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.35You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great.36You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.37I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.38I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.39You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.40You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.41They cried for help, but there was no-one to save them – to the Lord, but he did not answer.42I beat them as fine as windblown dust; I trampled them[5] like mud in the streets. (2 S 22:43)43You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,44foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.45They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.46The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Saviour!47He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,48who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.49Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.50He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing love to his anointed, to David and to his descendants for ever.