Salmos 44:2-12

2 Tú con tu mano echaste las gentes, y los plantaste á ellos; Afligiste los pueblos, y los arrojaste.
3 Porque no se apoderaron de la tierra por su espada, Ni su brazo los libró; Sino tu diestra, y tu brazo, y la luz de tu rostro, Porque te complaciste en ellos.
4 Tú, oh Dios, eres mi rey: Manda saludes á Jacob.
5 Por medio de ti sacudiremos á nuestros enemigos: En tu nombre atropellaremos á nuestros adversarios.
6 Porque no confiaré en mi arco, Ni mi espada me salvará.
7 Pues tú nos has guardado de nuestros enemigos, Y has avergonzado á los que nos aborrecían.
8 En Dios nos gloriaremos todo tiempo, Y para siempre loaremos tu nombre. (Selah.)
9 Empero nos has desechado, y nos has hecho avergonzar; Y no sales en nuestros ejércitos.
10 Nos hiciste retroceder del enemigo, Y saqueáron nos para sí los que nos aborrecían.
11 Pusístenos como á ovejas para comida, Y esparcístenos entre las gentes.
12 Has vendido tu pueblo de balde, Y no pujaste en sus precios.

Salmos 44:2-12 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.
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