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Psalm 18 Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)

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1 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: Señor, ¡cuánto te amo! Porque eres mi fuerza.
1 For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
2 El Señor es mi fortaleza, mi roca y mi salvación; mi Dios es la roca en la que me refugio. Él es mi escudo, el poder que me salva.
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 Basta que clame a él para ser librado de todos mis enemigos: ¡Alabado sea el Señor!
3 I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.
4 La muerte me envolvió con sus lazos; y torrentes de maldad se lanzaron poderosos contra mí.
4 The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
5 El sepulcro me enredó en sus lazos; la misma muerte me clavó su mirada. Atrapado e indefenso, luchaba yo contra las cuerdas que me arrastraban hacia la muerte.
5 The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.
6 En mi angustia clamé al Señor pidiendo ayuda. Y él me escuchó desde su templo; mi clamor llegó a sus oídos.
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 Entonces la tierra tembló y se estremeció, y los cimientos de las montañas se sacudieron y temblaron. ¡Cómo se estremecieron cuando ardió su ira!
7 Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
8 Humo le salió de la nariz. Espantosas llamas salieron de su boca; lanzaba carbones encendidos.
8 Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
9 Él abrió los cielos y descendió; bajo sus pies había densas tinieblas.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
10 Cabalgando en querubines surcó los cielos sobre las alas del viento.
10 He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
11 Se envolvió en oscuridad; y ocultó su avance con espesas nubes oscuras.
11 He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12 Súbitamente, el esplendor de su presencia rompió de entre las nubes con carbones encendidos y con una granizada.
12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.
13 El Señor tronó en los cielos; el Dios que está sobre todos los dioses ha hablado: ¡Qué de granizo! ¡Qué de fuego!
13 Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.
14 Lanzó las tremendas flechas de sus rayos y derrotó a todos mis enemigos. ¡Miren cómo huyen!
14 He sent out his arrows, and scattered them. He routed them with great lightning bolts.
15 A causa de tu represión, Señor, las cuencas del mar quedaron a la vista. Sonó tu aliento como trompeta, y las profundidades quedaron desnudas.
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 Desde lo alto extendió su mano, me tomó y me sacó del mar profundo. Me rescató de las aguas profundas.
16 He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.
17 Me liberó de mi recio enemigo, de los que me odiaban; a mí, que estaba indefenso en manos de ellos.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
18 El día de mi mayor debilidad, me atacaron; pero el Señor me sostuvo.
18 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.
19 Me llevó a un sitio seguro, porque en mí se deleita.
19 He brought me out also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 El Señor me recompensó porque hice lo recto y fui puro,
20 Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.
21 porque yo he cumplido sus mandatos y no he pecado dejando de seguirlo.
21 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 Mantuve celosamente todas sus leyes; no rechacé ni una sola.
22 For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.
23 Hice cuanto pude por guardarlas todas, y me abstuve de hacer el mal.
23 I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
24 El Señor me ha recompensado con sus bendiciones conforme a la limpieza de mis manos.
24 Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25 Señor, ¡qué fiel eres con los fieles! ¡Que intachable eres con los intachables!
25 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
26 Con los puros eres puro, pero hostil con el malvado.
26 With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
27 Libras a los humildes y condenas a los orgullosos y altivos.
27 For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.
28 Has encendido mi lámpara. Has convertido mis tinieblas en luz.
28 For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.
29 Ahora con tu fuerza puedo escalar cualquier muro, atacar cualquier ejército.
29 For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
30 ¡Qué grandioso es él! ¡Cuán perfecto en todo! Todas sus promesas se cumplen. Es escudo para todo aquel que tras él se refugia.
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 Porque, ¿quién es Dios sino nuestro Señor? ¿Quién es la roca sino nuestro Dios?
31 For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,
32 Él me llena de fortaleza y me protege por dondequiera que voy.
32 the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
33 Hace mis pies tan seguros como los de la cabra montés en las laderas. Me lleva a salvo por los riscos.
33 He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places.
34 Me prepara para la batalla y me da fuerza para tensar un arco de bronce.
34 He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
35 Me has dado tu salvación como escudo. Tu mano derecha, Señor, me sostiene; tu bondad me ha engrandecido.
35 You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
36 Has hecho amplias gradas bajo mis pies para que no resbale.
36 You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
37 Perseguí a mis enemigos, los alcancé, y no me volví hasta vencerlos a todos.
37 I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. I won’t turn away until they are consumed.
38 Los aplasté. Ya no pudieron levantarse. Les puse el pie sobre el cuello.
38 I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
39 Porque tú me has armado con fuerte armadura para la batalla. Mis enemigos tiemblan ante mí y caen derrotados a mis pies.
39 For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
40 Los hiciste volverse y huir; destruí a cuantos me odiaban.
40 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
41 Gritaron pidiendo ayuda, pero nadie se atrevió a rescatarlos; clamaron al Señor, pero él se negó a responderles.
41 They cried, but there was no one to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.
42 De modo que los hice polvo y los lancé al viento. Los arrojé como basura del piso.
42 Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
43 Me diste la victoria en toda batalla. Vinieron las naciones y me sirvieron. Hasta los que yo no conocía vinieron a postrarse ante mí.
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 Extranjeros que nunca me han visto se someten al instante.
44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
45 Temblorosos de miedo salen de sus fortalezas.
45 The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.
46 ¡Dios vive! Alaben al que es mi gran roca. ¡Exaltado sea Dios mi Salvador!
46 Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
47 Es el Dios que castiga a quienes me dañan y somete a las naciones ante mí.
47 even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
48 Él me rescata de mis enemigos. Me exalta sobre ellos. Me guarda de tan poderosos adversarios.
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 Por eso, Señor, te alabaré entre las naciones.
49 Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.
50 Muchas veces me has librado milagrosamente, a mí, el rey que has elegido. Has sido amoroso y bueno para conmigo y lo serás para con mis descendientes.
50 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.
Cross references (50)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 2 Samuel 22:1–51; Colossians 1:11; 1 John 4:19; Isaiah 12:1–6; Philippians 4:13
  2. 2 Psalm 144:2; Psalm 62:7; Proverbs 18:10; Psalm 19:14; Psalm 91:2
  3. 3 Psalm 91:15; Luke 1:71; Romans 8:31–39; Psalm 62:8; 2 Samuel 22:4
  4. 4 Psalm 116:3; 2 Corinthians 1:9; Matthew 27:24–25; Mark 14:33–34; Psalm 22:12–13
  5. 5 Psalm 86:13; Psalm 88:15–17; Psalm 88:3–8; Acts 2:24; Ecclesiastes 9:12
  6. 6 Psalm 50:15; 2 Samuel 22:7; Psalm 34:15; Psalm 130:1–2; Psalm 120:1
  7. 7 Acts 4:31; Psalm 68:7–8; Ezekiel 38:19–20; Jeremiah 4:24; Acts 16:25–26
  8. 8 Psalm 21:9; Psalm 11:6; Nahum 1:5–6; Leviticus 10:2; Psalm 144:5–6
  9. 9 Psalm 144:5–15; Deuteronomy 33:26; 2 Peter 3:10; 2 Samuel 22:10; Deuteronomy 5:22–23
  10. 10 Psalm 104:3; 2 Samuel 22:11–12; Psalm 99:1; Ezekiel 10:20–22; Psalm 80:1
  11. 11 Deuteronomy 4:11; Psalm 97:2; Joel 2:2; Psalm 81:7; Psalm 91:1
  12. 12 Joshua 10:11; Revelation 16:21; Matthew 17:5; Exodus 9:23–24; Matthew 17:2
  13. 13 Psalm 104:7; 1 Samuel 7:10; Psalm 140:10; Psalm 29:3–4; Revelation 8:5
  14. 14 Psalm 144:6; Habakkuk 3:11; Numbers 24:8; Job 6:4; Joshua 10:10
  15. 15 Psalm 106:9; Exodus 15:8; Job 4:9; Psalm 76:6; Micah 6:2
  16. 16 2 Samuel 22:17; Psalm 144:7; Psalm 57:3; Jonah 2:5–6; Psalm 18:43
  17. 17 Hebrews 2:14–15; Job 16:9; Psalm 35:10; Psalm 142:6; Psalm 69:4–14
  18. 18 Obadiah 10–14; Psalm 46:11; Jeremiah 18:17; Deuteronomy 32:35; Psalm 59:16
  19. 19 Psalm 118:5; Psalm 31:8; Psalm 18:36; Job 36:16; Psalm 40:2
  20. 20 Psalm 24:4; Matthew 6:4; 1 Corinthians 3:8; Psalm 58:11; Job 22:30
  21. 21 Psalm 119:102; Psalm 26:1; Acts 24:16; Psalm 17:4; 1 John 2:19
  22. 22 Psalm 119:13; Psalm 119:112; Psalm 119:30; Psalm 119:117; Psalm 119:128
  23. 23 Matthew 18:8–9; Matthew 5:29–30; Psalm 37:27; 1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Samuel 26:23
  24. 24 Matthew 10:41–42; Ruth 2:12; 1 Samuel 26:23; Hebrews 6:16; 2 Thessalonians 1:6–7
  25. 25 Matthew 5:7; Psalm 62:12; Matthew 18:33–35; 1 Kings 8:32; Nehemiah 9:17
  26. 26 Proverbs 3:34; Leviticus 26:23–24; James 2:13; Leviticus 26:27–28; Psalm 109:17–19
  27. 27 Isaiah 66:2; Isaiah 57:15; James 2:5; 2 Samuel 22:28; Psalm 101:5
  28. 28 2 Samuel 22:29; Job 29:3; Isaiah 42:16; Matthew 4:16; Luke 1:79
  29. 29 2 Samuel 22:30; Ephesians 6:10–13; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; Revelation 3:21; Colossians 2:15
  30. 30 Deuteronomy 32:4; Proverbs 30:5; 2 Samuel 22:31; Psalm 84:11–12; Psalm 12:6
  31. 31 Deuteronomy 32:31; Psalm 86:8; Isaiah 45:5; 2 Samuel 22:32; Deuteronomy 32:39
  32. 32 Isaiah 45:5; 2 Corinthians 3:5; 2 Samuel 22:33; Psalm 28:7; Psalm 91:2
  33. 33 Habakkuk 3:19; Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:29; 2 Samuel 2:18; 2 Samuel 22:14
  34. 34 Psalm 144:1; Psalm 46:9; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 28:6; 2 Samuel 22:36
  35. 35 2 Samuel 22:36; James 3:17–18; Psalm 28:7; Galatians 5:22–23; 2 Corinthians 10:1
  36. 36 Proverbs 4:12; 2 Samuel 22:37; Job 36:16; Psalm 4:1; Luke 12:50
  37. 37 Isaiah 53:10–12; Psalm 44:5; Psalm 37:20; Psalm 9:3; Isaiah 63:1–6
  38. 38 Psalm 36:12; 2 Samuel 10:1–19; 2 Samuel 5:1–25; 2 Samuel 21:15–22; 2 Samuel 18:7–8
  39. 39 2 Samuel 22:40–41; Psalm 18:32; 1 Corinthians 15:25–28; Isaiah 45:14; Ephesians 1:22
  40. 40 Psalm 21:12; Psalm 94:23
  41. 41 Proverbs 1:28; Job 27:9; Isaiah 1:15; Psalm 50:22; Job 35:12–13
  42. 42 Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 41:15–16; Zechariah 10:5; 2 Kings 13:7; Isaiah 41:2
  43. 43 Isaiah 55:5; 2 Samuel 3:1; Isaiah 52:15; 1 Peter 2:10; 2 Samuel 19:9
  44. 44 Psalm 66:3; Psalm 81:15; 2 Samuel 22:44–46; Deuteronomy 33:29; Psalm 68:30
  45. 45 Micah 7:17; James 1:11; Revelation 6:16; Isaiah 24:4
  46. 46 2 Samuel 22:47; Psalm 18:2; Psalm 57:5; Revelation 1:18; John 14:19
  47. 47 Psalm 47:3; Romans 12:19; Psalm 144:2; Nahum 1:2; 2 Samuel 22:48
  48. 48 Psalm 140:11; Psalm 86:14; Psalm 140:4; Psalm 140:1; Psalm 59:1–2
  49. 49 Romans 15:9; 2 Samuel 22:50–51; Psalm 138:4; Psalm 108:1; Psalm 30:12
  50. 50 Psalm 144:10; Psalm 132:10; 2 Samuel 7:13; Psalm 89:3–4; Romans 11:29

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 18:28 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book IV, Chapters XIII–XV)

    "For Thou wilt light my candle; the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness; and "of His fulness have all we received," for "that was the true Light which lighted every man that cometh into the world;" for in Thee there is "no variableness, neither shadow of turning."

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  2. Quotes verse 18:11 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LVI)

    … a dark cloud;--as on Mount Sinai; for "Moses," it is said, "entered into the cloud, and into the thick darkness; and as a vapor, so went up the smoke;" and the prophet said, when speaking of His threatening, "Dark water in clouds of the air;" --so here, because it was His desire not to alarm, but to teach, it is …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  3. Quotes verse 18:9 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XII)

    Another also of the Prophets said, He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under His feet.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  4. Quotes verse 18:11 Gregory of Nazianzus, Theological Orations (The Second Theological Oration)

    Therefore this darkness of the body has been placed between us and God, like the cloud of old between the Egyptians and the Hebrews; and this is perhaps what is meant by "He made darkness His secret place," namely our dulness, through which few can see even a little.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  5. Quotes verse 18:28 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XIII, Chapters VI–XI)

    … discovered their own darkness, dost Thou sufficiently disclose how noble Thou hast made the rational creature; to which nought which is inferior to Thee will suffice to yield a happy rest, and so not even herself. For Thou, O our God, shalt enlighten our darkness; from Thee are derived our garments of light, and then shall our darkness be as …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)