Salmos 44:13-23

13 Nos haces el oprobio de nuestros vecinos, escarnio y burla de los que nos rodean.

14 Nos pones por proverbio entre las naciones, causa de risa entre los pueblos.

15 Todo el día mi ignominia está delante de mí, y la verguenza de mi rostro me ha abrumado,

16 por la voz del que me reprocha y vitupera, por la presencia del enemigo y del vengativo.

17 Todo esto nos ha sobrevenido, pero no nos hemos olvidado de ti, ni hemos faltado a tu pacto.

18 No se ha vuelto atrás nuestro corazón, ni se han desviado nuestros pasos de tu senda;

19 sin embargo, nos has quebrantado en la región de los chacales, y nos has cubierto con la sombra de la muerte.

20 Si nos hubiéramos olvidado del nombre de nuestro Dios, o extendido nuestras manos a un dios extraño,

21 ¿no se habría dado cuenta Dios de esto? Pues El conoce los secretos del corazón.

22 Pero por causa tuya nos matan cada día; se nos considera como ovejas para el matadero.

23 ¡Despierta! ¿Por qué duermes, Señor? ¡Levántate! No nos rechaces para siempre.

Salmos 44:13-23 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. It is not certain who was the writer of this psalm, nor when it was written, and to what time it belongs: some have thought it was composed by one of the Babylonish captivity, and that it gives an account of the church and people of God in those times; but what is said in Psalm 44:17 does not seem to agree with Daniel 9:5. It is most likely it was written by David, and to him the Targum ascribes it; though it does not respect his times; since what is said in Psalm 44:9 cannot agree with them; yet he being a prophet might, under a prophetic influence, speak of future times, and represent the church in them. Some are of opinion that he prophetically speaks of the times of the Maccabees and of Antiochus, when the church and people of God suffered much for the true religion, and abode steadfast in it; so Theodoret: but rather the whole may be applied to the times of the New Testament, since Psalm 44:22 is cited by the Apostle Paul, Romans 8:36, and is applied to his times, and as descriptive of the suffering state and condition of the church then; and which seems to be the guide and key for the opening of the whole psalm.