Salmos 59

1 Salmo 59
Para el director del coro: salmo
de David, acerca de cuando Saúl envió soldados a vigilar la casa de David para matarlo. Cántese con la melodía de «¡No destruyas!».
Rescátame de mis enemigos, oh Dios;
protégeme de los que han venido a destruirme.

2 Rescátame de estos criminales;
sálvame de estos asesinos.

3 Me han tendido una emboscada.
Enemigos feroces están a la espera, Señor
,
aunque yo no pequé ni los he ofendido.

4 No hice nada malo,
sin embargo, se preparan para atacarme.
¡Despierta! ¡Mira lo que sucede y ayúdame!

5 Oh, Señor
, Dios de los Ejércitos Celestiales, el Dios de Israel,
despierta y castiga a esas naciones hostiles;
no tengas misericordia de los traidores malvados.
Interludio

6 Salen de noche
gruñendo como perros feroces
mientras merodean por las calles.

7 Escucha la basura que sale de sus bocas;
sus palabras cortan como espadas.
Dicen con desdén: «Después de todo, ¿quién puede oírnos?».

8 Pero tú Señor
, te ríes de ellos;
te burlas de las naciones hostiles.

9 Tú eres mi fuerza; espero que me rescates,
porque tú, oh Dios, eres mi fortaleza.

10 En su amor inagotable, mi Dios estará a mi lado
y me dejará mirar triunfante a todos mis enemigos.

11 No los mates, porque mi pueblo pronto olvida esa clase de lecciones;
hazlos tambalear con tu poder y ponlos de rodillas,
oh Señor, escudo nuestro.

12 Debido a las cosas pecaminosas que dicen,
y a la maldad que está en sus labios,
haz que queden atrapados por su orgullo,
por sus maldiciones y por sus mentiras.

13 ¡Destrúyelos en tu enojo!
¡Arrásalos por completo!
Entonces todo el mundo sabrá
que Dios reina en Israel.
Interludio

14 Mis enemigos salen de noche
gruñendo como perros feroces
mientras merodean por las calles.

15 Escarban en busca de comida,
pero se van a dormir insatisfechos.

16 En cuanto a mí, yo cantaré de tu poder;
cada mañana cantaré con alegría acerca de tu amor inagotable.
Pues tú has sido mi refugio,
un lugar seguro cuando estoy angustiado.

17 Oh Fortaleza mía, a ti canto alabanzas,
porque tú, oh Dios, eres mi refugio,
el Dios que me demuestra amor inagotable.

Salmos 59 Commentary

Chapter 59

David prays for deliverance from his enemies. (1-7) He foresees their destruction. (8-17)

Verses 1-7 In these words we hear the voice of David when a prisoner in his own house; the voice of Christ when surrounded by his merciless enemies; the voice of the church when under bondage in the world; and the voice of the Christian when under temptation, affliction, and persecution. And thus earnestly should we pray daily, to be defended and delivered from our spiritual enemies, the temptations of Satan, and the corruptions of our own hearts. We should fear suffering as evil-doers, but not be ashamed of the hatred of workers of iniquity. It is not strange, if those regard not what they themselves say, who have made themselves believe that God regards not what they say. And where there is no fear of God, there is nothing to secure proper regard to man.

Verses 8-17 It is our wisdom and duty, in times of danger and difficulty, to wait upon God; for he is our defence, in whom we shall be safe. It is very comfortable to us, in prayer, to look to God as the God of our mercy, the Author of all good in us, and the Giver of all good to us. The wicked can never be satisfied, which is the greatest misery in a poor condition. A contented man, if he has not what he would have, yet he does not quarrel with Providence, nor fret within himself. It is not poverty, but discontent that makes a man unhappy. David would praise God because he had many times, and all along, found Him his refuge in the day of trouble. He that is all this to us, is certainly worthy of our best affections, praises, and services. The trials of his people will end in joy and praise. When the night of affliction is over, they will sing of the Lord's power and mercy in the morning. Let believers now, in assured faith and hope, praise Him for those mercies, for which they will rejoice and praise him for ever.

Chapter Summary

To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. The history of Saul's sending messengers to watch the house of David, and to kill him when he rose in the morning, is in 1 Samuel 19:11; which was the occasion of his writing this psalm; though the title of the Syriac version of it is, "David said or composed this, when he heard that the priests were slain by Saul:" and in the same is added, "but unto us it declares the conversion of the Gentiles to the faith, and the rejection of the Jews." And which perhaps is designed in Psalm 59:5; and some interpreters are of opinion that the whole psalm is to be understood of Christ, of whom David was a type, especially in his sufferings; and there are some things in it which better agree with him than with David, as particularly his being without sin, Psalm 59:3.