1 E n aquel día cantarán este cantar en tierra de Judá: Fuerte ciudad tenemos; salud puso Dios por muros y antemuro.

In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks.

2 A brid las puertas, y entrará la gente justa, guardadora de verdades.

Open the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps her faith and her troth may enter in.

3 T ú le guardarás en completa paz, cuyo pensamiento en ti persevera; porque en ti ha confiado.

You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You.

4 C onfiad en el SEÑOR perpetuamente, porque en JAH, el SEÑOR está la fortaleza de los siglos.

So trust in the Lord (commit yourself to Him, lean on Him, hope confidently in Him) forever; for the Lord God is an everlasting Rock.

5 P orque él derribó a los que moraban en lugar sublime; humilló a la ciudad ensalzada, la humilló hasta la tierra, la derribó hasta el polvo.

For He has brought down the inhabitants of the height, the lofty city; He lays it low, lays it low to the ground; He brings it even to the dust.

6 L a hollará pie, los pies del pobre, los pasos de los menesterosos.

The foot has trampled it down—even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

7 E l camino del justo es rectitud; tú, recto, pesas el camino del justo.

The way of the righteous (those living in moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relationship of their lives) is level and straight; You, O, Who are upright, direct aright and make level the path of the just and righteous.

8 A un en el camino de tus juicios, oh SEÑOR, te esperamos, a tu nombre y a tu memoria es el deseo del alma.

Yes, in the path of Your judgments, O Lord, we wait for You; our heartfelt desire is for Your name and for the remembrance of You.

9 C on mi alma te deseo en la noche, y entre tanto que me dure el espíritu en medio de mí, madrugaré a buscarte; porque desde que hay juicios tuyos en la tierra, los moradores del mundo aprenden justicia.

My soul yearns for You in the night, yes, my spirit within me seeks You earnestly; for when Your judgments are in the earth will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God).

10 A lcanzará piedad el impío, y no aprenderá justicia; en tierra de rectitud hará injusticia, y no mirará a la majestad del SEÑOR.

Though favor is shown to the wicked, yet they do not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness they deal perversely and refuse to see the majesty of the Lord.

11 S EÑOR, cuando se levante tu mano, no verán; verán al cabo, y se avergonzarán con celo del pueblo. Y a tus enemigos fuego los consumirá.

Though Your hand is lifted high to strike, Lord, they do not see it. Let them see Your zeal for Your people and be ashamed; yes, let the fire reserved for Your enemies consume them.

12 S EÑOR, tú nos depararás paz; porque también obraste en nosotros todas nuestras obras.

Lord, You will ordain peace (God’s favor and blessings, both temporal and spiritual) for us, for You have also wrought in us and for us all our works.

13 S EÑOR Dios nuestro, señores se han enseñoreado de nosotros sin ti; mas en ti solamente nos acordaremos de tu nombre.

O Lord, our God, other masters besides You have ruled over us, but we will acknowledge and mention Your name only.

14 M uertos son, no vivirán; privados de la vida no resucitarán; porque los visitaste, y destruiste, y deshiciste toda su memoria.

They are dead, they shall not live and reappear; they are powerless ghosts, they shall not rise and come back. Therefore You have visited and made an end of them and caused every memory of them to perish.

15 A ñadiste a los gentiles, oh SEÑOR, añadiste a los gentiles; te hiciste glorioso; te extendiste hasta todos los términos de la tierra.

You have increased the nation, O Lord; You have increased the nation. You are glorified; You have enlarged all the borders of the land.

16 S EÑOR, en la tribulación te buscaron, derramaron oración cuando los castigaste.

Lord, when they were in trouble and distress, they sought and visited You; they poured out a prayerful whisper when Your chastening was upon them.

17 C omo la mujer encinta cuando se acerca el parto, gime, y da gritos con sus dolores, así hemos sido delante de ti, oh SEÑOR.

As a woman with child drawing near the time of her delivery is in pain and writhes and cries out in her pangs, so we have been before You (at Your presence), O Lord.

18 C oncebimos, tuvimos dolores de parto, parimos como viento; salud ninguna hicimos en la tierra, ni cayeron los moradores del mundo.

We have been with child, we have been writhing and in pain; we have, as it were, brought forth wind. We have not wrought any deliverance in the earth, and the inhabitants of the world have not yet been born.

19 T us muertos vivirán, y junto con mi cuerpo resucitarán. ¡Despertad y cantad, moradores del polvo! Porque tu rocío, es cual cubierta de luz; y la tierra echará los muertos.

Your dead shall live; the bodies of our dead shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For Your dew is a dew of light; and the earth shall cast forth the dead.

20 A nda pues, pueblo mío, entra en tus aposentos, cierra tras ti tus puertas; escóndete un poquito, por un momento, entre tanto que pasa la ira.

Come, my people, enter your chambers and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the wrath is past.

21 P orque he aquí, que el SEÑOR sale de su lugar, para visitar la iniquidad del morador de la tierra contra él; y la tierra descubrirá su sangre, y no encubrirá más sus muertos.

For behold, the Lord is coming out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also will disclose the blood shed upon her and will no longer cover her slain and conceal her guilt.