2 Samuel 22
1 Cantó David a Yahvé las palabras de este cántico, cuando Yahvé lo hubo librado de todos sus enemigos, y de la mano de Saúl.
David spoke to YHWH the words of this song in the day that YHWH delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
2 Dijo: “Yahvé es mi Roca, mi fortaleza y mi libertador;
and he said, "YHWH is my Rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.
3 Dios es mi Roca, a Él me acojo; Él es mi escudo y el cuerno de mi salvación, mi alto amparo, mi asilo. ¡Salvador mío! Tú me libraste de la violencia.
My God, my Rock, in him I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior; from violent people he saves me.
4 Clamé alabándole, a Yahvé, y quedé salvo de mis enemigos.
I call on YHWH, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
5 Ya me cercaban las ondas de la muerte, me aterraban torrentes perniciosos;
For the waves of death surrounded me, and the currents of ungodliness overwhelmed me.
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me. (Sheol h7585)
7 cuando en mi angustia clamé a Yahvé, invoqué a mi Dios; y Él desde su templo oyó mi voz, y mi clamor llegó a sus oídos.
In my distress I called upon YHWH, and I cried out to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came into his ears.
8 Se conmovió y tembló la tierra, vacilaron los cimientos de los cielos, temblaron, porque se inflamó su ira.
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
9 Subía humo de sus narices, y fuego devorador de su boca; ascuas encendidas salían de Él.
Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
10 E inclinó los cielos y descendió, teniendo espesa nube bajo sus pies.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
11 Subió sobre un querubín y voló, apareció sobre las alas del viento.
He rode on a cherub, and flew; and he soared on the wings of the wind.
12 Puso en torno suyo tinieblas por velo, masas de aguas, densos nubarrones.
He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy around him thick clouds dark with water.
13 Al fulgor que le precedía se encendieron ascuas de fuego.
From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed on, with hailstones and coals of fire.
14 Tronó Yahvé desde el cielo, el Altísimo hizo resonar su voz.
YHWH thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice.
15 Disparó saetas y los dispersó, rayos, y los consternó.
And he sent out arrows and scattered them, and he shot lightning bolts and routed them.
16 Entonces apareció el fondo del mar se descubrieron los cimientos del orbe ante la voz increpadora de Yahvé, ante el resuello del furor de su ira.
Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of YHWH, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 Extendió su mano desde lo alto, me tomó y me sacó de grandes aguas.
He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters.
18 Me libró de mi feroz enemigo, de los que me aborrecían, porque eran más fuertes que yo.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
19 Me habían sorprendido en el día de mi calamidad; pero Yahvé fue mi sostén.
They came on me in the day of my calamity, but YHWH was my support.
20 Me sacó fuera, a un lugar ancho, salvándome porque me amaba.
He also brought me out into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21 Yahvé me ha recompensado según merecía mi justicia; según la inocencia de mis manos me dio el pago;
YHWH rewarded me according to my righteousness. He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22 pues he guardado los caminos de Yahvé, no me he apartado impíamente de mi Dios.
For I have kept the ways of YHWH, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 Tenía ante mis ojos todos sus preceptos, y no me apartaba de sus mandamientos.
For all his ordinances were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.
24 Sin reproche anduve en su presencia, me guardé de hacer iniquidad.
I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
25 Yahvé me ha retribuido conforme a mi justicia, según mi inocencia ante sus ojos.
Therefore YHWH has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
26 Con el piadoso Tú te portas piadoso, con el nombre recto, rectamente;
With the faithful you show yourself faithful. With the innocent you show yourself innocent.
27 Tú eres limpio con el limpio, y al perverso lo tratas como tal.
With the pure you show yourself pure. And with the crooked you show yourself tortuous.
28 Tú salvas al pueblo humilde, y con tu mirada abates a los altivos.
You save a humble people, but the eyes of the proud you will bring low.
29 Tú, Yahvé, eres mi antorcha; Yahvé ilumina mis tinieblas.
For you light my lamp. YHWH my God lights up my darkness.
30 Contigo me arrojo sobre ejércitos, con mi Dios salto murallas.
For by you, I run against a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
31 El camino de Dios es perfecto, y acrisolada la palabra de Yahvé; Él es un escudo para cuantos en Él confían.
As for God, his way is perfect. The word of YHWH is pure. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
32 Pues ¿quién es Dios sino solo Yahvé? ¿Quién es Roca fuera de nuestro Dios?
For who is God, besides YHWH? Who is a rock, besides our God,
33 Mi fortaleza inexpugnable es Dios, quien hace perfecto mi camino.
the God who girds me with strength, and makes my way blameless?
34 Me dio pies ligeros cual de ciervo y me colocó sobre las alturas;
He makes my feet like those of a deer, and sets me on my high places.
35 adiestró mis manos para la guerra, y mis brazos doblan el arco de bronce.
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
36 Me diste el escudo de tu salvación, y tu benignidad me ha hecho grande.
You have also given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand holds me up, and your help has made me great.
37 Ensanchaste el camino bajo mis pies, para que no resbalasen.
You have enlarged my steps under me. My feet have not slipped.
38 Así perseguí a mis enemigos hasta destruirlos, y no me volví hasta acabar con ellos.
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and I did not turn back until they were destroyed.
39 Sí, acabé con ellos y los aplasté, de modo que no pueden ya levantarse; han caído debajo de mis pies.
And I consumed them, and struck them through, so that they did not rise. And they fell beneath my feet.
40 Me ceñiste de fortaleza para luchar, sometiste mis enemigos a mi poder,
For you have equipped me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
41 pusiste en fuga a mis contrarios; y así destrocé a los que me odiaban.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
42 Miraban en derredor, mas no hubo quien los salvase, (clamaban) a Yahvé, pero no los oía;
They cry out, but there was none to save; even to YHWH, but he did not answer them.
43 triturábalos como polvo de la tierra; cual barro de las calles los aplastaba y los hollaba.
Then I ground them as fine as the dust on the surface of a path. Like the mud in the streets, I trampled them.
44 Me libraste también de los revoltosos de mi pueblo, para jefe de naciones me elegiste. Pueblos que no conocía me sirven.
You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people. You have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known will serve me.
45 Hombres extranjeros me dicen lisonjas, apenas oyen de mí, me obedecen.
As soon as they hear of me they obey me. Foreigners come cringing to me;
46 Los extranjeros palidecen y temblando salen de sus refugios.
they are not bound in chains.
47 ¡Viva Yahvé, y bendita sea mi Roca! Ensalzado sea Dios, la Roca de mi salvación,
YHWH lives. Blessed be my rock. Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
48 el Dios que me otorga venganza, y somete los pueblos a mis pies;
even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me,
49 el que me salva de mis enemigos. Pues Tú me ensalzas sobre los que se levantan contra mí; me libras del hombre violento.
who brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You protect me from the violent man.
50 Por eso, te alabaré entre las naciones, y cantaré loores a tu nombre, Yahvé.
Therefore I will praise you, YHWH, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.
51 Él salva maravillosamente a su rey, y usa de misericordia con su ungido David y su descendencia para siempre.”
He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his descendants, until forever."
