Salmos 71:17-24

17 Oh Dios, tú me has enseñado desde mi juventud, y hasta ahora he anunciado tus maravillas.

18 Y aun en la vejez y las canas, no me desampares, oh Dios, hasta que anuncie tu poder a esta generación, tu poderío a todos los que han de venir.

19 Porque tu justicia, oh Dios, alcanza hasta los cielos , tú que has hecho grandes cosas; oh Dios, ¿quién como tú?

20 Tú que me has hecho ver muchas angustias y aflicciones, me volverás a dar vida, y me levantarás de nuevo de las profundidades de la tierra.

21 Aumenta tú mi grandeza, y vuelve a consolarme.

22 Y yo te daré gracias con el arpa, cantaré tu verdad, Dios mío; a ti cantaré alabanzas con la lira, oh Santo de Israel.

23 Darán voces de júbilo mis labios, cuando te cante alabanzas, y mi alma, que tú has redimido.

24 También mi lengua hablará de tu justicia todo el día, porque han sido avergonzados, porque han sido humillados, los que procuran mi mal.

Salmos 71:17-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 71

This psalm is without a title, but is thought to be David's: the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, and all the Oriental ones, ascribe it to him; and both the subject and style show it to be his. According to the title of the Syriac version, it was composed by him when Saul made war against the house of David; but this is not likely, since it was written by him in his old age, Ps 71:9,18; rather, according to Kimchi and Arama, it was penned when he fled from his son Absalom: there are several things in it which incline to this. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions call it

``A Psalm of David, of the sons of Jonadab, and of the first that were carried captive;''

and so the Ethiopic and Arabic versions. Apollinarius says the sons of Jonadab composed it; but without any foundation for it; and the Syriac version is, it is a prophecy concerning the sufferings and resurrection of the Messiah; and so Jerom and others interpret it. The literal meaning respecting David seems best, though it may be applied to the church, and to any believer in distress. Theodoret thinks it was written by David in the person of the captives in Babylon.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit., la altura