Psalm 18 | Nueva Versión Internacional

1 ¡Cuánto te amo, Señor, fuerza mía! 2 El 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,* ¡mi más alto escondite! 3 Invoco al Señor, que es digno de alabanza, y quedo a salvo de mis enemigos. 4 Los lazos de la muerte me envolvieron; los torrentes destructores me abrumaron. 5 Me enredaron los lazos del sepulcro, y me encontré ante las trampas de la muerte. 6 En mi angustia invoqué al Señor; clamé a mi Dios, y él me escuchó desde su templo; ¡mi clamor llegó a sus oídos! 7 La tierra tembló, se estremeció; se sacudieron los cimientos de los montes; ¡retemblaron a causa de su enojo! 8 Por la nariz echaba humo, por la boca, fuego consumidor; ¡lanzaba carbones encendidos! 9 Rasgando el cielo, descendió, pisando sobre oscuros nubarrones. 10 Montando sobre un querubín, surcó los cielos y se remontó sobre las alas del viento. 11 Hizo de las tinieblas su escondite, de los oscuros y cargados nubarrones un pabellón que lo rodeaba. 12 De su radiante presencia brotaron nubes, granizos y carbones encendidos. 13 En el cielo, entre granizos y carbones encendidos, se oyó el trueno del Señor, resonó la voz del Altísimo. 14 Lanzó sus flechas, sus grandes centellas; dispersó a mis enemigos y los puso en fuga. 15 A causa de tu reprensión, oh Señor, y por el resoplido de tu enojo,* las cuencas del mar quedaron a la vista; ¡al descubierto quedaron los cimientos de la tierra! 16 Extendiendo su mano desde lo alto, tomó la mía y me sacó del mar profundo. 17 Me libró de mi enemigo poderoso, de aquellos que me odiaban y eran más fuertes que yo. 18 En el día de mi desgracia me salieron al encuentro, pero mi apoyo fue el Señor. 19 Me sacó a un amplio espacio; me libró porque se agradó de mí. 20 El Señor me ha pagado conforme a mi justicia; me ha premiado conforme a la limpieza de mis manos, 21 pues he andado en los caminos del Señor; no he cometido mal alguno ni me he apartado de mi Dios. 22 Presentes tengo todas sus sentencias; no me he alejado de sus decretos. 23 He sido íntegro con él y me he abstenido de pecar. 24 El Señor me ha recompensado conforme a mi justicia, conforme a la limpieza de mis manos. 25 Tú eres fiel con quien es fiel, e irreprochable con quien es irreprochable; 26 sincero eres con quien es sincero, pero sagaz con el que es tramposo. 27 Tú das la victoria a los humildes, pero humillas a los altaneros. 28 Tú, Señor, mantienes mi lámpara encendida; tú, Dios mío, iluminas mis tinieblas. 29 Con tu apoyo me lanzaré contra un ejército; contigo, Dios mío, podré asaltar murallas. 30 El 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? 32 Es él quien me arma de valor y endereza mi camino; 33 da a mis pies la ligereza del venado, y me mantiene firme en las alturas; 34 adiestra mis manos para la batalla, y mis brazos para tensar arcos de bronce. 35 Tú me cubres con el escudo de tu salvación, y con tu diestra me sostienes; tu bondad me ha hecho prosperar. 36 Me has despejado el camino, así que mis tobillos no flaquean. 37 Perseguí a mis enemigos, les di alcance, y no retrocedí hasta verlos aniquilados. 38 Los aplasté. Ya no pudieron levantarse. ¡Cayeron debajo de mis pies! 39 Tú me armaste de valor para el combate; bajo mi planta sometiste a los rebeldes. 40 Hiciste retroceder a mis enemigos, y así exterminé a los que me odiaban. 41 Pedían ayuda; no hubo quien los salvara. Al Señor clamaron,* pero no les respondió. 42 Los desmenucé. Parecían polvo disperso por el viento. ¡Los pisoteé* como al lodo de las calles! 43 Me has librado de una turba amotinada; me has puesto por encima de los paganos; me sirve gente que yo no conocía. 44 Apenas 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! 47 Él es el Dios que me vindica, el que pone los pueblos a mis pies. 48 Tú me libras del furor de mis enemigos, me exaltas por encima de mis adversarios, me salvas de los hombres violentos. 49 Por eso, Señor, te alabo entre las naciones y canto salmos a tu nombre. 50 El Señor da grandes victorias a su rey; a su ungido David y a sus descendientes les muestra por siempre su gran amor.

New International Version

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:

1 I love you, Lord, my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield* and the horn* of my salvation, my stronghold. 3 I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies. 4 The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. 5 The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me. 6 In 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. 7 The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry. 8 Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it. 9 He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet. 10 He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him – the dark rain clouds of the sky. 12 Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning. 13 The Lord thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.* 14 He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them. 15 The 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. 16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. 17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me. 18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support. 19 He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me. 20 The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I am not guilty of turning from my God. 22 All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees. 23 I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin. 24 The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight. 25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless, 26 to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd. 27 You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty. 28 You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. 29 With your help I can advance against a troop*; with my God I can scale a wall. 30 As for God, his way is perfect: the Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him. 31 For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God? 32 It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure. 33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights. 34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 35 You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great. 36 You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way. 37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed. 38 I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet. 39 You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me. 40 You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes. 41 They cried for help, but there was no-one to save them – to the Lord, but he did not answer. 42 I beat them as fine as windblown dust; I trampled them* like mud in the streets. 43 You 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, 44 foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me. 45 They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds. 46 The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Saviour! 47 He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me, 48 who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me. 49 Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name. 50 He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing love to his anointed, to David and to his descendants for ever.

Psalm 18 | Nueva Versión Internacional New International Version

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: