Salmos 68
1 Para el director del coro. Un salmo de David. Un cántico. Levántate, Dios, y dispersa a tus enemigos. ¡Que todos los que odian a Dios, huyan de su presencia!
God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
2 Sóplalos y disípalos como si fueran solo humo; derrítelos como la cera en el fuego. Que los malvados mueran ante la presencia de Dios.
Like [wind] blows smoke away, chase your enemies away. Like wax melts when it is near a fire, cause wicked people to (disappear/be destroyed).
3 Pero los justos están felices, y celebran en la presencia de Dios, llenos de alegría.
But righteous people should be joyful; they should rejoice when they are in God’s presence; they should be happy, and be very joyful.
4 ¡Canten alabanzas a Dios! ¡Canten alabanzas a su maravilloso nombre! ¡Alaben al que cabalga entre las nubes. ¡Su nombre es El Señor ¡Alégrense en su presencia!
Sing to God; sing to praise him; sing a song (OR, make a road) for him who rides on the clouds; his name is Yahweh; be glad when you are in his presence.
5 Él es el padre de los huérfanos y protector de las viudas. Este es Dios, el que vive en su lugar santo.
God, who lives in his sacred temple, is [like] [MET] a father to [those who are] orphans, and he is the one who protects widows.
6 Dios provee una familia para los abandonados. Libera a los prisioneros y los hace celebrar con gozo. Pero los rebeldes terminan viviendo en un terreno baldío y solitario.
For those who have no one to live with, he provides families [to live with]. He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful, but those who rebel [against him] will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land.
7 Dios, cuando sacaste a tu pueblo, cuando marchaste por el desierto, (Selah)
God, you led your people out [of Egypt], and then you marched with them through the desert.
8 la tierra tembló y los cielos se sacudieron ante tu presencia en el Sinaí. Ante Dios, el Dios de Israel.
After you did that, because when you, the God [worshiped by us] Israeli people, appeared to us at Sinai [Mountain], the earth shook, and rain poured down from the sky.
9 Tú enviaste abundante lluvia para regar la tierra prometida, refrescándola cuando estuvo seca.
You caused plenty of rain to fall [on your land], [and so] you enabled good crops to grow again on the land that you gave [to us Israelis].
10 Tu pueblo se estableció allí y por tu bondad, oh Dios, cuidaste de los pobres. (Selah)
Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
11 El Señor con su palabra ordena un gran ejército de mujeres que predican las buenas noticias.
The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
12 Los reyes de los ejércitos enemigos huyen, y las mujeres que se quedaron se repartieron el botín.
[They proclaimed], “Many kings and their armies are running away [from our army]!” [When our army brought back to their homes] the things that they captured, the women who were at home divided up those things [among themselves and among their families].
13 ¿Por qué se quedan ustedes en casa? Hay decoraciones en forma de palomas con alas de plata y plumas de oro que deben tomarse.
Even those women who were in the pens [taking care of] the sheep [received some of those things]; they got statues of doves whose wings were covered with silver and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold.
14 El Todopoderoso dispersó a los reyes extranjeros como una tormenta de nieve sobre el Monte Salmón.
When Almighty [God] scattered the [enemy] kings [and their armies], [the number of weapons that they abandoned there] seemed like there had been a snowstorm on Zalmon (OR, a black) [Mountain].
15 “El Monte de Dios”, El Monte Basán, con sus muchas cumbres, Monte Basán,
There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
16 ¿por qué miras con celo al Monte de Dios, donde el Señor vivirá para siempre?
But the [people who live near] that mountain should not [RHQ] envy those who live near [Zion], the mountain on which God chose to live! Yahweh will live there forever!
17 Los carruajes de Dios son incontables. Hay miles de miles de ellos. Él viene entre ellos hasta El Monte Sinai, hasta su Templo.
[After we defeated all our enemies], [it was as though] the Lord, surrounded by many thousands of strong chariots, descended from Sinai [Mountain] and came into the sacred temple [in Jerusalem].
18 Al subir tu trono en las alturas, te llevaste una procesión de cautivos. Recibiste regalos de los pueblos, incluso de los que se rebelaron contra la casa del Señor Dios.
He ascended the sacred mountain [where his temple is], and took with him many people who had been captured [in battles]; and received gifts from the enemies [whom he had defeated]. He received gifts even from those who had rebelled against him, and Yahweh our God will live there [in his sacred temple] forever.
19 Sea el Señor bendito, porque cada día soporta nuestras cargas. Dios es nuestra salvación. (Selah)
Praise the Lord, who [helps us] carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us.
20 Para nosotros, Dios es un Dios que salva. El Señor Dios nos provee un escape de la muerte.
Our God is the God who saves us; He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who (allows us to escape/prevents us) from being killed [in battles].
21 Pero Dios aplastará las cabezas de sus enemigos, esas cabezas con abundante cabello de quienes seguirán pecando.
But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
22 El Señor dice: “Yo los traeré de Basán. Los arrastraré desde las profundidades el mar,
The Lord said, “I will bring back the [corpses of those who were killed in] Bashan, and I will bring back those who sank deep in the ocean [and drowned].
23 y ustedes, pueblo mío, caminarán en su sangre. Incluso los perros tendrán una porción de los enemigos de mi pueblo”.
I will do that in order that you may wash your feet in their blood, and your dogs can [also] lap up some of your enemies’ blood.”
24 La gente puede ver tu procesión, oh Dios, la procesión de mi Dios y mi Rey que se dirige al Templo.
God, many people see you march triumphantly into your sacred temple, [celebrating that you have defeated your enemies]. You [march like] a king does, and a large crowd walks with you.
25 Los cantantes van al frente, los músicos van detrás, y en el medio las jóvenes con panderetas.
The singers are in front, and the people who play stringed instruments are at the rear, and young women who are beating their tambourines are between them.
26 Alaben a Dios, todos los que han venido a adorar. Alaben al Señor todos los hijos del pueblo de Israel.
[They are all singing], “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!”
27 Allí se ve la pequeña tribu de Benjamín, seguida de los muchos líderes de Judá; luego los líderes de Zabulón y Neftalí.
First come [the people of the tribe of] Benjamin, the smallest [tribe], and following them come the leaders of [the tribe of] Judah and their group, and following them come the leaders of [the tribes of] Zebulun and Naphtali.
28 Muestra tu poder, oh Dios. Revela tu fuerza, Señor, como lo has hecho con nosotros en el pasado.
God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
29 Los reyes te rinden tributo por tu Templo en Jerusalén.
Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
30 ¡Condena a las bestias de los montes, a los bueyes y terneros! Sean humillados y traigan barras de plata como tributo a ti! ¡Dispersa, Señor, a las naciones sanguinarias!
Rebuke [your enemies, such as those in Egypt who are like] wild hippopotamuses/animals that live in the reeds; and [powerful nations that are like] bulls that are among their calves [MET]; rebuke/trample them until they bow down and give you gifts of silver. Scatter the people who enjoy making wars.
31 ¡Que venga Egipto con regalos de bronce; que se apresure Etiopía en traer sus tributos a Dios!
Then people will bring gifts of bronze (OR, of cloth) to you from Egypt; the people in Ethiopia will lift up their hands [to praise you].
32 Canten a Dios, reinos de la tierra, canten alabanzas al Señor. (Selah)
[You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
33 ¡Canten al que cabalga por los cielos, su fuerte voz suena como el trueno!
Sing to the God, the one who rides across the sky, the sky that [he created] long ago. Listen as he shouts with a very powerful voice.
34 Que todos conozcan el poder de Dios: su majestad se extiende por todo Israel, y su fuerza se revela en los cielos.
Proclaim that God is very powerful; he is the king that rules over Israel, and in the skies [he also shows that] he is powerful.
35 ¡Cuán asombroso es Dios en su Templo! ¡El Dios de Israel le da fuerza y poder a su pueblo! ¡Alaben a Dios!
God is awesome as he comes out of his sacred temple; he is the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship]. He makes [DOU] his people very powerful. Praise God!
