Salmos 17:10-15

10 Cerrados están con su grosura; con su boca hablan soberbiamente.

11 Nuestros pasos nos han cercado ahora; puestos tienen sus ojos para echarnos por tierra.

12 Parecen al león que desea hacer presa, y al leoncillo que está escondido.

13 Levántate, oh SEÑOR; prevén su encuentro, póstrale; libra mi alma del malo con tu espada;

14 de los hombres con tu mano, oh SEÑOR, de los hombres de mundo, cuya parte es en esta vida, y cuyo vientre está lleno de tu despensa: sacian a sus hijos, y dejan el resto a su familia.

15 Yo en justicia veré tu rostro; seré saciado cuando despertaré a tu semejanza.

Salmos 17:10-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 17

\\<>\\. This prayer was put up by David either in his own person, on his own account, praying to God for the vindication of his cause, and for salvation and deliverance from his enemies; or in the person of the Messiah, whose type he was, and of the whole church, so Jerom of old interpreted it; and the title of it in the Arabic version is, ``a prayer in the person of a perfect man, and of Christ himself, and of everyone that is redeemed by him;'' in which preservation and protection are prayed for, and hope of eternal life is expressed. It was written, according to Theodoret, when David suffered persecution from Saul.