1Oh SEÑOR, por siempre cantaré la grandeza de tu amor; por todas las generaciones proclamará mi boca tu fidelidad.2Declararé que tu amor permanece firme para siempre, que has afirmado en el cielo tu fidelidad.3Dijiste: «He hecho un pacto con mi escogido; le he jurado a David mi siervo:4“Estableceré tu dinastía para siempre, y afirmaré tu trono por todas las generaciones”». Selah5Los cielos, SEÑOR, celebran tus maravillas, y tu fidelidad la asamblea de los santos.6¿Quién en los cielos es comparable al SEÑOR? ¿Quién como él entre los seres celestiales?7Dios es muy temido en la asamblea de los santos; grande y portentoso sobre cuantos lo rodean.8¿Quién como tú, SEÑOR Dios Todopoderoso, rodeado de poder y de fidelidad?9Tú gobiernas sobre el mar embravecido; tú apaciguas sus encrespadas olas.10Aplastaste a Rahab como a un cadáver; con tu brazo poderoso dispersaste a tus enemigos.11Tuyo es el cielo, y tuya la tierra; tú fundaste el mundo y todo lo que contiene.12Por ti fueron creados el norte y el sur; el Tabor y el Hermón cantan alegres a tu nombre.13Tu brazo es capaz de grandes proezas; fuerte es tu mano, exaltada tu diestra.14La justicia y el derecho son el fundamento de tu trono, y tus heraldos, el amor y la verdad.15Dichosos los que saben aclamarte, SEÑOR, y caminan a la luz de tu presencia;16los que todo el día se alegran en tu nombre y se regocijan en tu justicia.17Porque tú eres su gloria y su poder; por tu buena voluntad aumentas nuestra fuerza.[1]18Tú, SEÑOR, eres nuestro escudo; tú, Santo de Israel, eres nuestro rey.19Una vez hablaste en una visión, y le dijiste a tu pueblo fiel: «Le he brindado mi ayuda a un valiente; al mejor hombre del pueblo lo he exaltado.20He encontrado a David, mi siervo, y lo he ungido con mi aceite santo.21Mi mano siempre lo sostendrá; mi brazo lo fortalecerá.22Ningún enemigo lo someterá a tributo; ningún inicuo lo oprimirá.23Aplastaré a quienes se le enfrenten y derribaré a quienes lo aborrezcan.24La fidelidad de mi amor lo acompañará, y por mi nombre será exaltada su fuerza.[2]25Le daré poder sobre el mar[3] y dominio sobre los ríos.[4]26Él me dirá: “Tú eres mi Padre, mi Dios, la roca de mi salvación”.27Yo le daré los derechos de primogenitura, la primacía sobre los reyes de la tierra.28Mi amor por él será siempre constante, y mi pacto con él se mantendrá fiel.29Afirmaré su dinastía y su trono para siempre, mientras el cielo exista.30»Pero, si sus hijos se apartan de mi ley y no viven según mis decretos,31si violan mis estatutos y no observan mis mandamientos,32con vara castigaré sus transgresiones y con azotes su iniquidad.33Con todo, jamás le negaré mi amor, ni mi fidelidad le faltará.34No violaré mi pacto ni me retractaré de mis palabras.35Una sola vez he jurado por mi santidad, y no voy a mentirle a David:36Su descendencia vivirá para siempre; su trono durará como el sol en mi presencia.37Como la luna, fiel testigo en el cielo, será establecido para siempre». Selah38Pero tú has desechado, has rechazado a tu ungido; te has enfurecido contra él en gran manera.39Has revocado el pacto con tu siervo; has arrastrado por los suelos su corona.40Has derribado todas sus murallas y dejado en ruinas sus fortalezas.41Todos los que pasan lo saquean; ¡es motivo de burla para sus vecinos!42Has exaltado el poder de sus adversarios y llenado de gozo a sus enemigos.43Le has quitado el filo a su espada, y no lo has apoyado en la batalla.44Has puesto fin a su esplendor al derribar por tierra su trono.45Has acortado los días de su juventud; lo has cubierto con un manto de vergüenza. Selah46¿Hasta cuándo, SEÑOR, te seguirás escondiendo? ¿Va a arder tu ira para siempre, como el fuego?47¡Recuerda cuán efímera es mi vida![5] Al fin y al cabo, ¿para qué creaste a los mortales? (Sal 39:4)48¿Quién hay que viva y no muera jamás, o que pueda escapar del poder del sepulcro? Selah49¿Dónde está, Señor, tu amor de antaño, que en tu fidelidad juraste a David?50Recuerda, Señor, que se burlan de tus siervos; que llevo en mi pecho los insultos de muchos pueblos.51Tus enemigos, SEÑOR, nos ultrajan; a cada paso ofenden a tu ungido.52¡Bendito sea el SEÑOR por siempre! Amén y amén.
1A Maskil[1] of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. (1 R 4:31; 1 Cr 2:6; Sal 88:11; Sal 89:5; Sal 89:8; Sal 89:14; Sal 89:24; Sal 89:28; Sal 89:33; Sal 89:49; Sal 101:1; Sal 119:90; Is 55:3)2For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.” (Sal 36:5; Sal 89:1)3You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant: (2 S 7:8; 1 R 8:16; 1 Cr 17:7; Sal 89:19; Sal 89:28; Sal 89:34; Sal 89:35; Sal 89:39; Sal 89:49; Sal 132:11; Is 42:1; Jer 33:17)4‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.’” (Sal 89:29; Sal 89:36; Is 9:7; Lc 1:32; Jn 12:34)5Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones! (Job 1:6; Job 5:1; Job 15:15; Sal 19:1; Sal 50:6; Sal 88:12; Sal 89:7; Sal 97:6; Ap 7:10)6For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings[2] is like the Lord, (Sal 86:8; Sal 89:8)7a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him? (Sal 47:2; Sal 89:5; Sal 103:20)8O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O Lord, with your faithfulness all around you? (1 S 2:2; Sal 35:10; Sal 68:4)9You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them. (Job 38:11; Sal 65:7)10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. (Ex 14:30; Job 9:13; Sal 53:5)11The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them. (Gn 1:1; 1 Cr 29:11; Sal 24:1; Sal 104:5)12The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name. (Dt 3:9; Job 26:7; Sal 98:8; Jer 46:18)13You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand.14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you. (Sal 85:13; Sal 89:2; Sal 97:2)15Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face, (Sal 4:6; Sal 66:1)16who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted. (Job 36:7; Sal 20:5; Sal 20:7)17For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted. (Sal 75:10; Sal 78:61; Sal 89:24)18For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel. (Sal 47:9; Sal 71:22)19Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,[3] and said: “I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. (2 S 17:10; Sal 21:5; Sal 89:3)20I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him, (1 S 16:13; Hch 13:22)21so that my hand shall be established with him; my arm also shall strengthen him. (Sal 80:17)22The enemy shall not outwit him; the wicked shall not humble him. (2 S 7:10)23I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him. (2 S 7:9; Sal 2:9)24My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted. (Sal 89:1; Sal 89:17)25I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers. (Sal 72:8)26He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’ (2 S 7:14; Sal 18:2)27And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. (Ex 4:22; Nm 24:7; Ro 8:29; Col 1:15; Col 1:18; Heb 1:5; Ap 19:16)28My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm[4] for him. (Sal 89:3)29I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens. (Job 14:12; Sal 89:4)30If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules,[5] (2 S 7:14; 1 R 2:4)31if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,32then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes, (Job 9:34)33but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness.34I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips. (Sal 89:28)35Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David. (Sal 60:6; Heb 6:18)36His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me. (Sal 72:5; Sal 89:4; Sal 89:29)37Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies.” (Job 16:19; Sal 89:36)38But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed. (Sal 44:9; Sal 89:20; Sal 89:51)39You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust. (Job 19:9; Sal 74:7; Sal 89:3; Lm 2:7)40You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins. (Sal 80:12)41All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors. (Sal 44:13; Sal 69:9; Sal 69:19; Sal 89:40; Sal 89:50)42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.43You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not made him stand in battle.44You have made his splendor to cease and cast his throne to the ground.45You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. (Sal 71:13; Sal 102:23; Sal 109:29)46How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? (Sal 13:1; Sal 78:63; Sal 79:5)47Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man! (Job 7:7; Job 10:9; Job 14:1; Sal 39:5)48What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Sal 16:10; Sal 49:9; Lc 2:26; Heb 11:5)49Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David? (Sal 89:1)50Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults[6] of all the many nations, (Sal 74:18; Sal 74:22; Sal 79:12; Sal 89:41)51with which your enemies mock, O Lord, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed. (Sal 17:11; Sal 56:6; Sal 89:20; Sal 89:38)52Blessed be the Lord forever! Amen and Amen. (Sal 41:13)