Salmos 143:5-12

5 Recuerdo los días de antaño.
Medito en todas tus grandes obras
y pienso en lo que has hecho.

6 A ti levanto mis manos en oración;
tengo sed de ti como la tierra reseca tiene sed de lluvia.
Interludio

7 Ven pronto, Señor
, y respóndeme,
porque mi abatimiento se profundiza.
No te apartes de mí,
o moriré.

8 Hazme oír cada mañana acerca de tu amor inagotable,
porque en ti confío.
Muéstrame por dónde debo andar,
porque a ti me entrego.

9 Rescátame de mis enemigos, Señor
;
corro a ti para que me escondas.

10 Enséñame a hacer tu voluntad,
porque tú eres mi Dios.
Que tu buen Espíritu me lleve hacia adelante
con pasos firmes.

11 Para gloria de tu nombre, oh Señor
, preserva mi vida;
por tu fidelidad, sácame de esta angustia.

12 En tu amor inagotable, silencia a todos mis enemigos
y destruye a todos mis adversarios,
porque soy tu siervo.

Salmos 143:5-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 143

\\<>\\. This psalm was composed by David when he fled from Absalom his son, according to the title of it in Apollinarius, the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions; so R. Obadiah Gaon: and of the same opinion is Theodoret and others. The sense he had of his sins, and his deprecating God's entering into judgment with him for them, seems to confirm it; affliction from his own family for them being threatened him, 2Sa 12:9-11; though Kimchi thinks it was written on the same account as the former, and at the same time, namely, when he was persecuted by Saul; and what is said in Ps 142:2,4, seems to agree with it. The Syriac inscription is, ``when the Edomites came against him;'' which is very foreign, since these were subdued by him.