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 they shall sing this song in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; God has appointed saving health for walls and bulwarks.

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

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in.

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

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusts in thee.

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

Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in JAH, the LORD is the strength of the ages:

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 those that dwelt on high; he has humbled the lofty city; he humbled her, even to the ground; he brought her down even to the dust.

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

The foot shall tread her 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 just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

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.

Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, we wait for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name and to the remembrance of thee.

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.

With my soul I desire thee in the night; yea, even as long as the spirit is within me I will seek thee early: for as long as thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

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

Let favour be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly and will not behold 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.

LORD, when thy hand is withdrawn, they will not see: but they shall see in the end and be ashamed with the zeal of the people. And fire shall consume thine enemies.

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

¶ LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought in 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 lords have had dominion over us without thee: but in thee only will we remember thy name.

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; they are deceased, they shall not rise because thou hast visited and destroyed them and made all their memory 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.

Thou hast added the Gentiles, O LORD, thou hast added the Gentiles: thou hast made thyself glorious: thou hast extended thyself unto all the ends of the earth.

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

LORD, in the tribulation they have sought thee, they poured out prayer when thy 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.

Like as a woman with child, that draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and cries out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, 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 conceived, we have had birth pangs; we have, as it were, brought forth wind; we have not wrought any health in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

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.

Thy dead shall live, and together with my body they shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the covering of light, and the earth shall cast out 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 thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself, as it were, for a little moment until the indignation is overpast.

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 comes out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth against himself: the earth also shall disclose her blood and shall no longer cover her slain.