Salmos 144:5-15

5 Abaixa, ó Senhor, o teu céu, e desce! Toca os montes, para que fumeguem!

6 Arremessa os teus raios, e dissipa-os; envia as tuas flechas, e desbarata-os!

7 Estende as tuas mãos desde o alto; livra-me, e arrebata-me das poderosas águas e da mão do estrangeiro,

8 cuja boca fala vaidade, e cuja mão direita é a destra da falsidade.

9 A ti, ó Deus, cantarei um cântico novo; com a harpa de dez cordas te cantarei louvores,

10 sim, a ti que dás a vitória aos reis, e que livras da espada maligna a teu servo Davi.

11 Livra-me, e tira-me da mão do estrangeiro, cuja boca fala mentiras, e cuja mão direita é a destra da falsidade.

12 Sejam os nossos filhos, na sua mocidade, como plantas bem desenvolvidas, e as nossas filhas como pedras angulares lavradas, como as de um palácio.

13 Estejam repletos os nossos celeiros, fornecendo toda sorte de provisões; as nossas ovelhas produzam a milhares e a dezenas de milhares em nosos campos;

14 os nossos bois levem ricas cargas; e não haja assaltos, nem sortidas, nem clamores em nossas ruas!

15 Bem-aventurado o povo a quem assim sucede! Bem-aventurado o povo cujo Deus é o Senhor.

Salmos 144:5-15 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.