Salmos 71:10

10 Porque mis enemigos murmuran contra mí;los que me acechan se confabulan.

Salmos 71:10 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 71:10

For mine enemies speak against, me
Or "say unto me" ^F25 what is expressed in the following verse, "God hath forsaken him"; and so these words are a reason of the above petitions: or "mine enemies speak to me"; or "of me" ^F26; not good, but evil, and so the Targum paraphrases it,

``for mine enemies speak evil against me;''

or concerning me. David had his enemies, and many, as Ahithophel, and others, who spake against him to the people, and thereby drew many with them into rebellion against him; and particularly Shimei spoke against him, and cursed him, calling him a bloody man, a man of Belial, ( 2 Samuel 16:7 ) ;

and they that lay wait for my soul;
or "life"; that laid snares for him; or lay in ambush, and sought for an opportunity to take away his life: or "they that keep my soul", or "life" ^F1; that were his bodyguards that were about his person for the preservation of him; and so the Targum seems to understand it;

take counsel together;
lay schemes and form plots how to destroy him, as Ahithophel did, ( 2 Samuel 16:20-17:4 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (yl wrma) "dixerunt mihi", Montanus.
F26 "De me loquuti sunt, vel loquuntur", Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Gejerus, Michaelis.
F1 (yvpn yrmv) "custodientes animam meam", Pagninus, Montanus; "custodiebant", V. L.

Salmos 71:10 In-Context

8 Mi boca rebosa de alabanzas a tu nombre,y todo el día proclama tu grandeza.

9 No me rechaces cuando llegue a viejo;no me abandones cuando me falten las fuerzas.

10 Porque mis enemigos murmuran contra mí;los que me acechan se confabulan.

11 Y dicen: «¡Dios lo ha abandonado!¡Persíganlo y agárrenlo, que nadie lo rescatará!»

12 Dios mío, no te alejes de mí;Dios mío, ven pronto a ayudarme.