Salmos 140:1-10

1 LIBRAME, oh Jehová, de hombre malo: Guárdame de hombre violento;

2 Los cuales maquinan males en el corazón, Cada día urden contiendas.

3 Aguzaron su lengua como la serpiente; Veneno de áspid hay debajo de sus labios. (Selah.)

4 Guárdame, oh Jehová, de manos del impío, Presérvame del hombre injurioso; Que han pensado de trastornar mis pasos.

5 Hanme escondido lazo y cuerdas los soberbios; Han tendido red junto á la senda; Me han puesto lazos. (Selah.)

6 He dicho á Jehová: Dios mío eres tú; Escucha, oh Jehová, la voz de mis ruegos.

7 Jehová Señor, fortaleza de mi salud, Tú pusiste á cubierto mi cabeza el día de las armas.

8 No des, oh Jehová, al impío sus deseos; No saques adelante su pensamiento, que no se ensoberbezca. (Selah.)

9 En cuanto á los que por todas partes me rodean, La maldad de sus propios labios cubrirá su cabeza.

10 Caerán sobre ellos brasas; Dios los hará caer en el fuego, En profundos hoyos de donde no salgan.

Salmos 140:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. This psalm, A ben Ezra says, was composed by David before he was king; and Kimchi says, it is concerning Doeg and the Ziphites, who calumniated him to Saul; and, according to our English contents, it is a prayer of David to be delivered from Saul and Doeg. The Syriac inscription is, "said by David, when Saul threw a javelin at him to kill him, but it struck the wall; but, spiritually, the words of him that cleaves to God, and contends with his enemies." R. Obadiah says, it was made at the persecution of David by Saul, which was before the kingdom of David; as the persecution (of Gog) is before the coming of the Messiah. It is indeed before his spiritual coming, but not before his coming in the flesh; and David may be very well considered in the psalm as a type of Christ, for he was particularly so in his sufferings, as well as in other things.