Psalm 18 | Nueva Versión Internacional (Castellano) English Standard Version

Psalm 18 | Nueva Versión Internacional (Castellano)

Al director musical. De David, siervo del Señor. David dedicó al Señor la letra de esta canción cuando el Señor lo libró de Saúl y de todos sus enemigos. Dijo así:

1 Tít.-50 – ¡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, y 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.

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English Standard Version

The Lord Is My Rock and My Fortress

1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you, O Lord, my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 3 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies. 4 The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;* 5 the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. 6 In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. 7 Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry. 8 Smoke went up from his nostrils,* and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him. 9 He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet. 10 He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water. 12 Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds. 13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire. 14 And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them. 15 Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils. 16 He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters. 17 He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. 18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support. 19 He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me. 20 The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his rules* were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me. 23 I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt. 24 So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight. 25 With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless; 26 with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous. 27 For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down. 28 For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness. 29 For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall. 30 This God—his way is perfect;* the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. 31 For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?— 32 the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless. 33 He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights. 34 He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 35 You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great. 36 You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip. 37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed. 38 I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet. 39 For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me. 40 You made my enemies turn their backs to me,* and those who hated me I destroyed. 41 They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them. 42 I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets. 43 You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me. 44 As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me. 45 Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses. 46 The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation— 47 the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me, 48 who rescued me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from the man of violence. 49 For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations, and sing to your name. 50 Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.