Salmos 109

1 OH Dios de mi alabanza, no calles;

2 Porque boca de impío y boca de engañador se han abierto sobre mí: Han hablado de mí con lengua mentirosa,

3 Y con palabras de odio me rodearon; Y pelearon contra mí sin causa.

4 En pago de mi amor me han sido adversarios: Mas yo oraba.

5 Y pusieron contra mí mal por bien, Y odio por amor.

6 Pon sobre él al impío: Y Satán esté á su diestra.

7 Cuando fuere juzgado, salga impío; Y su oración sea para pecado.

8 Sean sus días pocos: Tome otro su oficio.

9 Sean sus hijos huérfanos, Y su mujer viuda.

10 Y anden sus hijos vagabundos, y mendiguen; Y procuren su pan lejos de sus desolados hogares.

11 Enrede el acreedor todo lo que tiene, Y extraños saqueen su trabajo.

12 No tenga quien le haga misericordia; Ni haya quien tenga compasión de sus huérfanos.

13 Su posteridad sea talada; En segunda generación sea raído su nombre.

14 Venga en memoria cerca de Jehová la maldad de sus padres, Y el pecado de su madre no sea borrado.

15 Estén siempre delante de Jehová, Y él corte de la tierra su memoria.

16 Por cuanto no se acordo de hacer misericordia, Y persiguió al hombre afligido y menesteroso Y quebrantado de corazón, para matar lo.

17 Y amó la maldición, y vínole; Y no quiso la bendición, y ella se alejó de él.

18 Y vistióse de maldición como de su vestido, Y entró como agua en sus entrañas, Y como aceite en sus huesos.

19 Séale como vestido con que se cubra, Y en lugar de cinto con que se ciña siempre.

20 Este sea el pago de parte de Jehová de los que me calumnian, Y de los que hablan mal contra mi alma.

21 Y tú, Jehová Señor, haz conmigo por amor de tu nombre: Líbrame, porque tu misericordia es buena.

22 Porque yo estoy afligido y necesitado; Y mi corazón está herido dentro de mí.

23 Voime como la sombra cuando declina; Soy sacudido como langosta.

24 Mis rodillas están debilitadas á causa del ayuno, Y mi carne desfallecida por falta de gordura.

25 Yo he sido para ellos objeto de oprobio; Mirábanme, y meneaban su cabeza.

26 Ayúdame, Jehová Dios mío: Sálvame conforme á tu misericordia.

27 Y entiendan que ésta es tu mano; Que tú, Jehová, has hecho esto.

28 Maldigan ellos, y bendice tú: Levántense, mas sean avergonzados, y regocíjese tu siervo.

29 Sean vestidos de ignominia los que me calumnian; Y sean cubiertos de su confusión como con manto.

30 Yo alabaré á Jehová en gran manera con mi boca, Y le loaré en medio de muchos.

31 Porque él se pondrá á la diestra del pobre, Para librar su alma de los que le juzgan.

Salmos 109 Commentary

Chapter 109

David complains of his enemies. (1-5) He prophesies their destruction. (6-20) Prayers and praises. (21-31)

1-5. It is the unspeakable comfort of all believers, that whoever is against them, God is for them; and to him they may apply as to one pleased to concern himself for them. David's enemies laughed at him for his devotion, but they could not laugh him out of it.

Verses 6-20 The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of his enemies, to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even their prayers are numbered among their sins. See what hurries some to shameful deaths, and brings the families and estates of others to ruin; makes them and theirs despicable and hateful, and brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, that mischievous, destructive thing. And what will be the effect of the sentence, "Go, ye cursed," upon the bodies and souls of the wicked! How it will affect the senses of the body, and the powers of the soul, with pain, anguish, horror, and despair! Think on these things, sinners, tremble and repent.

Verses 21-31 The psalmist takes God's comforts to himself, but in a very humble manner. He was troubled in mind. His body was wasted, and almost worn away. But it is better to have leanness in the body, while the soul prospers and is in health, than to have leanness in the soul, while the body is feasted. He was ridiculed and reproached by his enemies. But if God bless us, we need not care who curses us; for how can they curse whom God has not cursed; nay, whom he has blessed? He pleads God's glory, and the honour of his name. Save me, not according to my merit, for I pretend to none, but according to thy-mercy. He concludes with the joy of faith, in assurance that his present conflicts would end in triumphs. Let all that suffer according to the will of God, commit the keeping of their souls to him. Jesus, unjustly put to death, and now risen again, is an Advocate and Intercessor for his people, ever ready to appear on their behalf against a corrupt world, and the great accuser.

Chapter Summary

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. This psalm was written by David, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, concerning Judas the betrayer of Christ, as is certain from Acts 1:16 hence it is used to be called by the ancients the Iscariotic psalm. Whether the occasion of it was the rebellion of Absalom, as some, or the persecution of Saul, as Kimchi; and whoever David might have in view particularly, whether Ahithophel, or Doeg the Edomite, as is most likely; yet it is evident that the Holy Ghost foresaw the sin of Judas, and prophesies of that, and of the ruin and misery that should come upon him; for the imprecations in this psalm are no other than predictions of future events, and so are not to be drawn into an example by men; nor do they breathe out anything contrary to the spirit of Christianity, but are proofs of it, since what is here predicted has been exactly accomplished. The title in the Syriac version is, "a psalm of David when they created Absalom king without his knowledge, and for this cause he was slain; but to us it expounds the sufferings of the Christ of God;" and indeed he is the person that is all along speaking in this psalm.