< Salmos 108 >

1 Mi corazón está firme, oh ʼElohim. Cantaré y entonaré salmos. Esta es mi gloria.
God, I am (very confident/trusting completely) [IDM] in you. I will sing to praise [you]. with all my inner being.
2 Despierten, arpa y lira, Yo despertaré el alba.
I will arise before the sun rises, and I will [praise you while I play] my [big] harp and my (lyre/small harp).
3 Oh Yavé, te daré gracias entre los pueblos. Entre las naciones te cantaré salmos,
[I prayed], “Yahweh, I will thank you among [all] the people-groups; I will sing to praise you among the nations,
4 Porque tu misericordia es más grande que los cielos, Y hasta los cielos tu verdad.
because your faithful love for us reaches up to the heavens, and your faithfully doing what you promise [is as great as the distance] up to the clouds.
5 Exaltado seas por encima de los cielos, oh ʼElohim, Y tu gloria por encima de toda la tierra.
Yahweh, [show] in the heavens that you are very great! And [show] your glory [to people] all over the earth!
6 Para que sean librados tus amados, Salva con tu mano derecha, y respóndeme.
Answer our [prayers] and by your power help us [MTY] [to defeat our enemies] in order that we, the people whom you love, may be saved/rescued.”
7 ʼElohim respondió en su Santuario: Yo me alegraré. Repartiré a Siquem. Y mediré el valle de Sucot.
And [Yahweh answered our prayers and] spoke from his temple, saying, “Because I have conquered [your enemies], I will joyfully [everything in] [city] and I will distribute among my people [the valuable things] in Succoth Valley.
8 Mío es Galaad, Mío es Manasés. También Efraín es el casco de mi cabeza. Judá es mi cetro.
The Gilead [region] is mine; the [people of the tribe of] Manasseh are mine; [the tribe of] Ephraim is [like] my war helmet, and [the tribe of Judah] is like the (scepter/stick that I hold which shows that I am the ruler) [MET];
9 Moab es la vasija en la cual me lavo. Sobre Edom lanzaré mi sandalia. Sobre Filistea proclamaré victoria.
the Moab [region] is [like] my washbasin [MET]; I throw my sandal in the Edom [area to show that it belongs to me]; I shout triumphantly because I have defeated [the people of] the Philistia [area].”
10 ¿Quién me conducirá a la ciudad fortificada? ¿Quién me guiará hasta Edom?
[Because we want to attack the people of] Edom, (who will lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it?/I want someone to lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it.) [RHQ]
11 ¿Tú, mismo, oh ʼElohim, no nos rechazaste? ¿Y no sales con nuestros ejércitos, oh ʼElohim?
God, we [hope that] [RHQ] you have not abandoned us, and that you will go with us when our army marches out [to fight our enemies].
12 Socórrenos contra el adversario, Porque vana es la liberación del hombre.
[We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.
13 Por medio de ʼElohim haremos proezas. Él pisoteará a nuestros enemigos.
[But] with you [helping us], we shall win; you will [enable us to] defeat our enemies.

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