1 I love you, Yahweh, my strength.

2 Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer;

my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;

my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

3 I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised;

and I am saved from my enemies.

4 The cords of death surrounded me.

The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

5 The cords of Sheol were around me.

The snares of death came on me.

6 In my distress I called on Yahweh,

and cried to my God.

He heard my voice out of his temple.

My cry before him came into his ears.

7 Then the earth shook and trembled.

The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken,

because he was angry.

8 Smoke went out of his nostrils.

Consuming fire came out of his mouth.

Coals were kindled by it.

9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down.

Thick darkness was under his feet.

10 He rode on a cherub, and flew.

Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him,

darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed,

hailstones and coals of fire.

13 Yahweh also thundered in the sky.

The Most High uttered his voice:

hailstones and coals of fire.

14 He sent out his arrows, and scattered them.

He routed them with great lightning bolts.

15 Then the channels of waters appeared.

The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh,

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 delivered me from my strong enemy,

from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

18 They came on me in the day of my calamity,

but Yahweh was my support.

19 He brought me out also into a large place.

He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

20 Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness.

According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.

21 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh,

and have not wickedly departed from my God.

22 For all his ordinances were before me.

I didn’t put away his statutes from me.

23 I was also blameless with him.

I kept myself from my iniquity.

24 Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness,

according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

25 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful.

With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

26 With the pure, you will show yourself pure.

With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

27 For you will save the afflicted people,

but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.

28 For you will light my lamp, Yahweh.

My God will light up my darkness.

29 For by you, I advance through a troop.

By my God, I leap over a wall.

30 As for God, his way is perfect.

Yahweh’s word is tried.

He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

31 For who is God, except Yahweh?

Who is a rock, besides our God,

32 the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?

33 He makes my feet like deer’s feet,

and sets me on my high places.

34 He teaches my hands to war,

so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

35 You have also given me the shield of your salvation.

Your right hand sustains me.

Your gentleness has made me great.

36 You have enlarged my steps under me,

My feet have not slipped.

37 I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them.

I won’t turn away until they are consumed.

38 I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise.

They shall fall under my feet.

39 For you have armed me with strength to the battle.

You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

40 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,

that I might cut off those who hate me.

41 They cried, but there was no one to save;

even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.

42 Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind.

I cast them out as the mire of the streets.

43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people.

You have made me the head of the nations.

A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me.

The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.

45 The foreigners shall fade away,

and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.

46 Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock.

Exalted be the God of my salvation,

47 even the God who executes vengeance for me,

and subdues peoples under me.

48 He rescues me from my enemies.

Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me.

You deliver me from the violent man.

49 Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations,

and will sing praises to your name.

50 He gives great deliverance to his king,

and shows loving kindness to his anointed,

to David and to his offspring, forever more.

1 Al Músico principal: Salmo de David, siervo de Jehová, el cual profirió á Jehová las palabras de este cántico el día que le libró Jehová de mano de todos sus enemigos, y de mano de Saúl. Entonces dijo: AMARTE he, oh Jehová, fortaleza mía.

2 Jehová, roca mía y castillo mío, y mi libertador; Dios mío, fuerte mío, en él confiaré; Escudo mío, y el cuerno de mi salud, mi refugio.

3 Invocaré á Jehová, digno de ser alabado, Y seré salvo de mis enemigos.

4 Cercáronme dolores de muerte, Y torrentes de perversidad me atemorizaron.

5 Dolores del sepulcro me rodearon, Previniéronme lazos de muerte.

6 En mi angustia invoqué á Jehová, Y clamé á mi Dios: El oyó mi voz desde su templo, Y mi clamor llegó delante de él, á sus oídos.

7 Y la tierra fué conmovida y tembló; Y moviéronse los fundamentos de los montes, Y se estremecieron, porque se indignó él.

8 Humo subió de su nariz, Y de su boca consumidor fuego; Carbones fueron por él encendidos.

9 Y bajó los cielos, y descendió; Y oscuridad debajo de sus pies.

10 Y cabalgó sobre un querubín, y voló: Voló sobre las alas del viento.

11 Puso tinieblas por escondedero suyo, su pabellón en derredor de sí; Oscuridad de aguas, nubes de los cielos.

12 Por el resplandor delante de él, sus nubes pasaron; Granizo y carbones ardientes.

13 Y tronó en los cielos Jehová, Y el Altísimo dió su voz; Granizo y carbones de fuego.

14 Y envió sus saetas, y desbaratólos; Y echó relámpagos, y los destruyó.

15 Y aparecieron las honduras de las aguas, Y descubriéronse los cimientos del mundo, A tu reprensión, oh Jehová, Por el soplo del viento de tu nariz.

16 Envió desde lo alto; tomóme, Sácome de las muchas aguas.

17 Libróme de mi poderoso enemigo, Y de los que me aborrecían, aunque eran ellos más fuertes que yo.

18 Asaltáronme en el día de mi quebranto: Mas Jehová fué mi apoyo.

19 Y sacóme á anchura: Libróme, porque se agradó de mí.

20 Hame pagado Jehová conforme á mi justicia: Conforme á la limpieza de mis manos me ha vuelto.

21 Porque yo he guardado los caminos de Jehová, Y no me aparté impíamente de mi Dios.

22 Pues todos sus juicios estuvieron delante de mí, Y no eché de mí sus estatutos.

23 Y fuí integro para con él, y cauteléme de mi maldad.

24 Pagóme pues Jehová conforme á mi justicia; Conforme á la limpieza de mis manos delante de sus ojos.

25 Con el misericordioso te mostrarás misericordioso, Y recto para con el hombre íntegro.

26 Limpio te mostrarás para con el limpio, Y severo serás para con el perverso.

27 Y tú salvarás al pueblo humilde, Y humillarás los ojos altivos.

28 Tú pues alumbrarás mi lámpara: Jehová mi Dios alumbrará mis tinieblas.

29 Porque contigo desharé ejércitos; Y con mi Dios asaltaré muros.

30 Dios, perfecto su camino: Es acendrada la palabra de Jehová: Escudo es á todos los que en él esperan.

31 Porque ¿qué Dios hay fuera de Jehová? ¿Y qué fuerte fuera de nuestro Dios?

32 Dios es el que me ciñe de fuerza, E hizo perfecto mi camino;

33 Quien pone mis pies como pies de ciervas, E hízome estar sobre mis alturas;

34 Quien enseña mis manos para la batalla, Y será quebrado con mis brazos el arco de acero.

35 Dísteme asimismo el escudo de tu salud: Y tu diestra me sustentó, Y tu benignidad me ha acrecentado.

36 Ensanchaste mis pasos debajo de mí, Y no titubearon mis rodillas.

37 Perseguido he mis enemigos, y alcancélos, Y no volví hasta acabarlos.

38 Helos herido, y no podrán levantarse: Cayeron debajo de mis pies.

39 Pues me ceñiste de fortaleza para la pelea; Has agobiado mis enemigos debajo de mí.

40 Y dísteme la cerviz de mis enemigos, Y destruí á los que me aborrecían.

41 Clamaron, y no hubo quien salvase: Aun á Jehová, mas no los oyó.

42 Y molílos como polvo delante del viento; Esparcílos como lodo de las calles.

43 Librásteme de contiendas de pueblo: Pusísteme por cabecera de gentes: Pueblo que yo no conocía, me sirvió.

44 Así que hubo oído, me obedeció; Los hijos de extraños me mintieron;

45 Los extraños flaquearon, Y tuvieron miedo desde sus encerramientos.

46 Viva Jehová, y sea bendita mi roca; Y ensalzado sea el Dios de mi salud:

47 El Dios que me da las venganzas, Y sujetó pueblos á mí.

48 Mi libertador de mis enemigos: Hicísteme también superior de mis adversarios; Librásteme de varón violento.

49 Por tanto yo te confesaré entre las gentes, oh Jehová, Y cantaré á tu nombre.

50 El cual engrandece las saludes de su rey, Y hace misericordia á su ungido, A David y á su simiente, para siempre.