Psalms 88

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1 The understanding of Ethan the Ezrahite.	1 Cántico. Salmo. De los hijos de Coré. Del maestro de coro. Para la enfermedad. Para la aflicción. Poema. De Hemán el indígena.
2 I will sing the mercies of the Lord in eternity. I will announce your truth with my mouth, from generation to generation.	2 Yahveh, Dios de mi salvación, ante ti estoy clamando día y noche;
3 For you have said: Mercy will be built in the heavens, unto eternity. Your truth will be prepared there.	3 llegue hasta tí mi súplica, presta oído a mi clamor.
4 I have set up a covenant with my elect. I have sworn to David my servant:	4 Porque mi alma de males está ahíta, y mi vida está al borde del seol;
5 I will prepare your offspring, even in eternity. And I will build up your throne, from generation to generation.	5 contado entre los que bajan a la fosa, soy como un hombre acabado:
6 The heavens will confess your miracles, Lord, and also your truth, in the Church of the saints.	6 relegado entre los muertos, como los cadáveres que yacen en la tumba, aquellos de los que no te acuerdas más, que están arrancados de tu mano.
7 For who among the clouds is equal to the Lord? Who among the sons of God is like God?	7 Me has echado en lo profundo de la fosa, en las tinieblas, en los abismos;
8 God is glorified by the counsel of the saints. He is great and terrible above all those who are around him.	8 sobre mí pesa tu furor, con todas tus olas me hundes. Pausa.
9 O Lord, God of hosts, who is like you? You are powerful, Lord, and your truth is all around you.	9 Has alejado de mí a mis conocidos, me has hecho para ellos un horror, cerrado estoy y sin salida,
10 You rule over the power of the sea, and you even mitigate the movement of its waves.	10 mi ojo se consume por la pena. Yo te llamo, Yahveh, todo el día, tiendo mis manos hacia ti. Pausa.
11 You have humbled the arrogant one, like one who has been wounded. You have scattered your enemies with the arm of your strength.	11 ¿Acaso para los muertos haces maravillas, o las sombras se alzan a alabarte?
12 Yours are the heavens, and yours is the earth. You founded the whole world in all its fullness.	12 ¿Se habla en la tumba de tu amor, de tu lealtad en el lugar de perdición?
13 You created the north and the sea. Tabor and Hermon will exult in your name.	13 ¿Se conocen en las tinieblas tus maravillas, o tu justicia en la tierra del olvido ?»
14 Your arm acts with power. Let your hand be strengthened, and let your right hand be exalted.	14 Mas yo grito hacia ti, Yahveh, de madrugada va a tu encuentro mi oración;
15 Justice and judgment are the preparation of your throne. Mercy and truth will precede your face.	15 ¿por qué, Yahveh, mi alma rechazas, lejos de mí tu rostro ocultas?
16 Blessed is the people that knows jubilation. They will walk in the light of your countenance, O Lord,	16 Desdichado y agónico estoy desde mi infancia, he soportado tus terrores, y ya no puedo más;
17 and they will exult in your name all day long, and they will be exalted in your justice.	17 han pasado tus iras sobre mí, tus espantos me han aniquilado.
18 For you are the glory of their virtue, and in your goodness, our horn will be exalted.	18 Me envuelven como el agua todo el día, se aprietan contra mí todos a una.
19 For our assumption is of the Lord, and it is of our king, the holy one of Israel.	19 Has alejado de mí compañeros y amigos, son mi compañía las tinieblas.
20 Then you spoke in a vision to your holy ones, and you said: I have stationed help with the powerful one, and I have exalted the elect one from my people.
21 I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.
22 For my hand will assist him, and my arm will fortify him.
23 The enemy will have no advantage over him, nor will the son of iniquity be positioned to harm him.
24 And I will cut down his enemies before his face. And those who hate him, I will turn to flight.
25 And my truth and my mercy will be with him. And his horn will be exalted in my name.
26 And I will place his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
27 He will invoke me: “You are my father, my God, and the support of my salvation.”
28 And I will make him the first-born, preeminent before the kings of the earth.
29 I will preserve my mercy for him eternally, and my covenant for him faithfully.
30 And I will set his offspring from generation to generation, and his throne like the days of heaven.
31 But if his sons abandon my law, and if they do not walk in my judgments,
32 if they profane my justices, and if they do not keep my commandments:
33 I will visit their iniquities with a rod, and their sins with a beating.
34 But I will not scatter my mercy from him, and I will not do harm to my truth.
35 And I will not profane my covenant, and I will not make void that which proceeds from my lips.
36 I have sworn by my holiness one time: I will not lie to David,
37 his offspring will remain for eternity. And his throne will be like the sun in my sight,
38 and, like the moon, it is perfected in eternity, and it is a faithful witness in heaven.
39 Yet, truly, you have rejected and despised, you have pushed away, my Christ.
40 You have overthrown the covenant of your servant. You have profaned his sanctuary on earth.
41 You have destroyed all his fences. You have made his territory dreadful.
42 All who pass by the way have plundered him. He has become a disgrace to his neighbors.
43 You have exalted the right hand of those who oppress him. You have brought joy to all his enemies.
44 You have diverted the help of his sword, and you have not assisted him in battle.
45 You have torn him away from cleansing, and you have smashed his throne down to the ground.
46 You have reduced the days of his time. You have flooded him with confusion.
47 How long, O Lord? Will you turn away unto the end? Will your wrath flare up like a fire?
48 Remember what my substance is. For could you really have appointed all the sons of men in vain?
49 Who is the man that will live, and yet not see death? Who will rescue his own soul from the hand of the underworld?
50 O Lord, where are your mercies of antiquity, just as you swore to David in your truth?
51 Be mindful, O Lord, of the disgrace of your servants (which I have sustained in my sinews) among many nations.
52 With these, your enemies have reproached you, O Lord; with these, they have reproached the commutation of your Christ.
53 Blessed is the Lord for all eternity. Amen. Amen.