Salmos 144:4-14

4 El hombre es semejante a la vanidad; sus días son como la sombra que pasa

5 Oh SEÑOR, abaja tus cielos y desciende; toca los montes, y humeen

6 Despide relámpagos, y disípalos, envía tus saetas, y contúrbalos

7 Envía tu mano desde lo alto; redímeme, y sácame de las muchas aguas, de la mano de los hijos extraños

8 cuya boca habla vanidad, y su diestra es diestra de mentira

9 Oh Dios, a ti cantaré canción nueva; con salterio, con decacordio cantaré a ti

10 Tú, el que da salvación a los reyes, el que redime a David su siervo de maligna espada

11 Redímeme, y sálvame de mano de los hijos extraños, cuya boca habla vanidad, y su diestra es diestra de mentira

12 Que nuestros hijos sean como plantas crecidas en su juventud; nuestras hijas como las esquinas labradas a manera de las de un palacio

13 nuestros graneros llenos, provistos de toda suerte de grano; nuestros ganados, que paran a millares y diez millares en nuestras plazas

14 que nuestros bueyes estén fuertes para el trabajo; que no tengamos asalto, ni que hacer salida, ni queja en nuestras plazas

Salmos 144:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 144

\\<>\\. This psalm was written by David; not on account of the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, by a spirit of prophecy, as Theodoret; but on his own account, after he was come to the throne, and was king over all Israel; and was delivered from the was between him and Israel, and from the war of the Philistines, as Kimchi observes, having gained two victories over them: or it was written between the two victories, and before he had conquered all his enemies; since he prays to be delivered from the hand of strange children, Ps 144:7,11. R. Obadiah thinks it was written on the account of his deliverance from Absalom and Sheba; but the former is best. Some copies of the Septuagint, and also the Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions, have in their titles these words, ``against Goliath;'' and so Apollinarius; as if it was written on account of his combat with him, and victory over him; but this clause is not in the Hebrew Bibles; nor could Theodoret find it in the Septuagint in the Hexapla in his time. The Syriac inscription is still more foreign to the purpose, ``a psalm of David, when he slew Asaph the brother of Goliath.'' R. Saadiah Gaon interprets this psalm of the times of the Messiah; and there are several things in it which are applicable to him.