1 E n aquel día cantarán este cántico en tierra de Judá: «Fuerte ciudad tenemos; salvación 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 guardarás en completa paz a aquel 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 Jehová perpetuamente, porque en Jehová, 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 derribó a los que moraban en las alturas; humilló a la ciudad enaltecida, 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 S erá pisoteada por los pies del afligido, bajo los pasos del necesitado.»

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, que eres recto, allanas 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 T ambién en el camino de tus juicios, Jehová, te hemos esperado; tu nombre y tu memoria son el deseo de nuestra 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 he deseado en la noche y, en tanto que me dure el espíritu dentro de mí, madrugaré a buscarte; porque luego 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 S e mostrará piedad al malvado, pero no aprenderá justicia, sino que en tierra de rectitud hará iniquidad y no mirará a la majestad de Jehová.

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 J ehová, tu mano está alzada, pero ellos no ven. Cuando por fin vean, se avergonzarán los que envidian al 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 J ehová, tú nos darás paz, porque también nos hiciste 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 J ehová, Dios nuestro, otros señores fuera de ti se han enseñoreado de nosotros; pero nosotros nos acordaremos de tu nombre, solamente del tuyo.

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; han fallecido, no resucitarán; porque los castigaste, los destruiste y desvaneciste todo su recuerdo.

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 umentaste el pueblo, Jehová, aumentaste el pueblo; te hiciste glorioso; ensanchaste todos los confines del país.

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 J ehová, en la tribulación te buscaron; derramaron su 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 alumbramiento gime y da gritos en sus dolores, así hemos sido delante de ti, Jehová.

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, pero dimos a luz sólo viento; ninguna liberación logramos 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; sus cadáveres resucitarán. ¡Despertad y cantad, moradores del polvo! porque tu rocío es cual rocío de hortalizas, y la tierra entregará sus 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, pueblo mío, entra en tus aposentos, cierra tras de ti tus puertas; escóndete un poquito, por un momento, en tanto que pasa la indignación.

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 Jehová sale de su lugar para castigar al morador de la tierra por su maldad contra él; y la tierra descubrirá la sangre derramada en ella, y no encubrirá ya más a 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.