Psalm 10:6

6 Piensan: «¡Jamás nos sucederá algo malo!
¡Estaremos para siempre sin problemas!».

Psalm 10:6 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 10:6

He hath said in his heart
To and within himself, he thought in his own mind; for the thought is the word or speech of the mind, (logov endiauetov) ;

I shall not be moved;
from his prosperous and happy condition, abounding: with riches and honours; from his seat of empire, over kings, princes, and the nations of the world; flattering himself that it would never be otherwise with him than it is: even "to generation and generation", I shall not be moved; so the words may be rendered;

for [I shall] never [be] in adversity,
or "in evil" ^F4: meaning either the evil of sin; so asserting his innocence, wiping himself clean of all iniquity, claiming to himself the title of "holiness" itself, and the character of infallibility; giving out that he is impeccable, and cannot err; when he is not only almost, but altogether, in all evil; and is (o anomov) , the lawless and wicked one, the man of sin, who is nothing but sin itself. The Targum paraphrases the whole thus; "I shall not be moved from generation to generation from doing evil"; and so it is a boast of impiety, and that none can restrain him from it, no one having a superior power over him; see ( Psalms 12:4 ) . Or the evil of affliction, or calamity; wherefore we render it "adversity", so Jarchi and Aben Ezra understand it: the note of the former is,

``evil shall not come upon me in my generation,''

or for ever; and the latter compares it with ( Numbers 11:15 ) ; Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it of long life. It is a vaunt of antichrist, promising himself a continuance of his grandeur, ease, peace, and prosperity; in which he will be wretchedly disappointed. The language and sense are much the same with that of the antichristian Babylon, ( Revelation 18:7 Revelation 18:8 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (erb) "in malo", Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Gejerus; so Ainsworth.

Psalm 10:6 In-Context

4 Los malvados son demasiado orgullosos para buscar a Dios;
parece que piensan que Dios está muerto.

5 Sin embargo, prosperan en todo lo que hacen.
No ven que les espera tu castigo;
miran con desdén a todos sus enemigos.

6 Piensan: «¡Jamás nos sucederá algo malo!
¡Estaremos para siempre sin problemas!».

7 Su boca está llena de maldiciones, mentiras y amenazas;
tienen maldad y violencia en la punta de la lengua.

8 Se esconden en emboscada en las aldeas,
a la espera para matar a gente inocente;
siempre buscan víctimas indefensas.