Salmos 106:11-21

11 Después el agua volvió y cubrió a sus enemigos;
ninguno de ellos sobrevivió.

12 Entonces el pueblo creyó las promesas del Señor
y le cantó alabanzas.

13 Sin embargo, ¡qué pronto olvidaron lo que él había hecho!
¡No quisieron esperar su consejo!

14 En el desierto dieron rienda suelta a sus deseos,
pusieron a prueba la paciencia de Dios en esa tierra árida y baldía.

15 Entonces les dio lo que pedían,
pero al mismo tiempo les envió una plaga.

16 La gente del campamento se puso celosa de Moisés
y tuvo envidia de Aarón, el santo sacerdote del Señor
.

17 Por esa causa la tierra se abrió,
se tragó a Datán
y enterró a Abiram junto con los otros rebeldes.

18 Sobre sus seguidores cayó fuego;
una llama consumió a los perversos.

19 Los israelitas hicieron un becerro en el monte Sinaí;
se inclinaron ante una imagen hecha de oro.

20 Cambiaron a su glorioso Dios
por la estatua de un toro que come hierba.

21 Se olvidaron de Dios, su salvador,
quien había realizado tantas grandezas en Egipto:

Salmos 106:11-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 106

This psalm is without the name of its author, as the Syriac interpreter observes. Aben Ezra, on Ps 106:47, says, that one of the wise men of Egypt (perhaps Maimonides) was of opinion that it was written in the time of the judges, when there was no king in Israel; and another, he says, thought it was written in Babylon: but he was of opinion it was wrote under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, or by a prophetic spirit, concerning their present captivity; and so Kimchi. The petition in Ps 106:47, "gather us from among the Heathen", has led most interpreters to conclude that it was written either in the Babylonish captivity, or, as some, in the times of Antiochus: but by comparing it with 1Ch 16:7, it appears that it was written by David, at the time of the bringing up of the ark to Zion; since the first and two last verses of it are there expressly mentioned, in the psalm he gave Asaph to sing on that occasion, Ps 106:34-36, who therein might have respect to the Israelites that had been taken captive by some of their neighbours, as the Philistines, and still retained; though there is no difficulty in supposing that David, under a prophetic spirit, foresaw future captivities, and represents those that were in them. As the preceding psalm treats of the mercies and favours God bestowed upon Israel, this of their sins and provocations amidst those blessings, and of the goodness of God unto them; that notwithstanding he did not destroy them from being a people; for which they had reason to be thankful.