1 For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, I love you, LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD 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 the LORD, 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 the LORD, 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 The LORD 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, 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 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 the LORD was my support. 19 He brought me out also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me. 20 The LORD 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 the LORD, 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 the LORD 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, LORD. 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. The LORD’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. 31 For who is God, except the LORD? 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 the LORD, 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 The LORD 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, LORD, amongst 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.
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Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Samuel 22:1–51; Colosenses 1:11; 1 Juan 4:19; Isaías 12:1–6; Filipenses 4:13
- 2 Salmo 144:2; Salmo 62:7; Proverbios 18:10; Salmo 19:14; Salmo 91:2
- 3 Salmo 91:15; Lucas 1:71; Romanos 8:31–39; Salmo 62:8; 2 Samuel 22:4
- 4 Salmo 116:3; 2 Corintios 1:9; Mateo 27:24–25; Marcos 14:33–34; Salmo 22:12–13
- 5 Salmo 86:13; Salmo 88:15–17; Salmo 88:3–8; Hechos 2:24; Eclesiastés 9:12
- 6 Salmo 50:15; 2 Samuel 22:7; Salmo 34:15; Salmo 130:1–2; Salmo 120:1
- 7 Hechos 4:31; Salmo 68:7–8; Ezequiel 38:19–20; Jeremías 4:24; Hechos 16:25–26
- 8 Salmo 21:9; Salmo 11:6; Nahúm 1:5–6; Levítico 10:2; Salmo 144:5–6
- 9 Salmo 144:5–15; Deuteronomio 33:26; 2 Pedro 3:10; 2 Samuel 22:10; Deuteronomio 5:22–23
- 10 Salmo 104:3; 2 Samuel 22:11–12; Salmo 99:1; Ezequiel 10:20–22; Salmo 80:1
- 11 Deuteronomio 4:11; Salmo 97:2; Joel 2:2; Salmo 81:7; Salmo 91:1
- 12 Josué 10:11; Apocalipsis 16:21; Mateo 17:5; Éxodo 9:23–24; Mateo 17:2
- 13 Salmo 104:7; 1 Samuel 7:10; Salmo 140:10; Salmo 29:3–4; Apocalipsis 8:5
- 14 Salmo 144:6; Habacuc 3:11; Números 24:8; Job 6:4; Josué 10:10
- 15 Salmo 106:9; Éxodo 15:8; Job 4:9; Salmo 76:6; Miqueas 6:2
- 16 2 Samuel 22:17; Salmo 144:7; Salmo 57:3; Jonás 2:5–6; Salmo 18:43
- 17 Hebreos 2:14–15; Job 16:9; Salmo 35:10; Salmo 142:6; Salmo 69:4–14
- 18 Abdías 10–14; Salmo 46:11; Jeremías 18:17; Deuteronomio 32:35; Salmo 59:16
- 19 Salmo 118:5; Salmo 31:8; Salmo 18:36; Job 36:16; Salmo 40:2
- 20 Salmo 24:4; Mateo 6:4; 1 Corintios 3:8; Salmo 58:11; Job 22:30
- 21 Salmo 119:102; Salmo 26:1; Hechos 24:16; Salmo 17:4; 1 Juan 2:19
- 22 Salmo 119:13; Salmo 119:112; Salmo 119:30; Salmo 119:117; Salmo 119:128
- 23 Mateo 18:8–9; Mateo 5:29–30; Salmo 37:27; 1 Crónicas 29:17; 1 Samuel 26:23
- 24 Mateo 10:41–42; Rut 2:12; 1 Samuel 26:23; Hebreos 6:16; 2 Tesalonicenses 1:6–7
- 25 Mateo 5:7; Salmo 62:12; Mateo 18:33–35; 1 Reyes 8:32; Nehemías 9:17
- 26 Proverbios 3:34; Levítico 26:23–24; Santiago 2:13; Levítico 26:27–28; Salmo 109:17–19
- 27 Isaías 66:2; Isaías 57:15; Santiago 2:5; 2 Samuel 22:28; Salmo 101:5
- 28 2 Samuel 22:29; Job 29:3; Isaías 42:16; Mateo 4:16; Lucas 1:79
- 29 2 Samuel 22:30; Efesios 6:10–13; 2 Corintios 12:9–10; Apocalipsis 3:21; Colosenses 2:15
- 30 Deuteronomio 32:4; Proverbios 30:5; 2 Samuel 22:31; Salmo 84:11–12; Salmo 12:6
- 31 Deuteronomio 32:31; Salmo 86:8; Isaías 45:5; 2 Samuel 22:32; Deuteronomio 32:39
- 32 Isaías 45:5; 2 Corintios 3:5; 2 Samuel 22:33; Salmo 28:7; Salmo 91:2
- 33 Habacuc 3:19; Deuteronomio 32:13; Deuteronomio 33:29; 2 Samuel 2:18; 2 Samuel 22:14
- 34 Salmo 144:1; Salmo 46:9; Isaías 45:1; Isaías 28:6; 2 Samuel 22:36
- 35 2 Samuel 22:36; Santiago 3:17–18; Salmo 28:7; Gálatas 5:22–23; 2 Corintios 10:1
- 36 Proverbios 4:12; 2 Samuel 22:37; Job 36:16; Salmo 4:1; Lucas 12:50
- 37 Isaías 53:10–12; Salmo 44:5; Salmo 37:20; Salmo 9:3; Isaías 63:1–6
- 38 Salmo 36:12; 2 Samuel 10:1–19; 2 Samuel 5:1–25; 2 Samuel 21:15–22; 2 Samuel 18:7–8
- 39 2 Samuel 22:40–41; Salmo 18:32; 1 Corintios 15:25–28; Isaías 45:14; Efesios 1:22
- 40 Salmo 21:12; Salmo 94:23
- 41 Proverbios 1:28; Job 27:9; Isaías 1:15; Salmo 50:22; Job 35:12–13
- 42 Isaías 10:6; Isaías 41:15–16; Zacarías 10:5; 2 Reyes 13:7; Isaías 41:2
- 43 Isaías 55:5; 2 Samuel 3:1; Isaías 52:15; 1 Pedro 2:10; 2 Samuel 19:9
- 44 Salmo 66:3; Salmo 81:15; 2 Samuel 22:44–46; Deuteronomio 33:29; Salmo 68:30
- 45 Miqueas 7:17; Santiago 1:11; Apocalipsis 6:16; Isaías 24:4
- 46 2 Samuel 22:47; Salmo 18:2; Salmo 57:5; Apocalipsis 1:18; Juan 14:19
- 47 Salmo 47:3; Romanos 12:19; Salmo 144:2; Nahúm 1:2; 2 Samuel 22:48
- 48 Salmo 140:11; Salmo 86:14; Salmo 140:4; Salmo 140:1; Salmo 59:1–2
- 49 Romanos 15:9; 2 Samuel 22:50–51; Salmo 138:4; Salmo 108:1; Salmo 30:12
- 50 Salmo 144:10; Salmo 132:10; 2 Samuel 7:13; Salmo 89:3–4; Romanos 11:29
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Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
"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."
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… 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 …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Another also of the Prophets said, He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under His feet.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
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.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… 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 …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)