Salmos 55:16-22

16 Pero yo clamaré a Dios,y el SEÑOR me salvará.

17 Mañana, tarde y nocheclamo angustiado, y él me escucha.

18 Aunque son muchos los que me combaten,él me rescata, me salva la vidaen la batalla que se libra contra mí.

19 ¡Dios, que reina para siempre,habrá de oírme y los afligirá! SelahEsa gente no cambia de conducta,no tiene temor de Dios.

20 Levantan la mano contra sus amigosy no cumplen sus compromisos.

21 Su boca es blanda como la manteca,pero sus pensamientos son belicosos.Sus palabras son más suaves que el aceite,pero no son sino espadas desenvainadas.

22 Encomienda al SEÑOR tus afanes,y él te sostendrá;no permitirá que el justo caigay quede abatido para siempre.

Salmos 55:16-22 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil [A Psalm] of David. The occasion of this psalm was either the persecution of Saul, or the conspiracy of Absalom. Some think it was written when David understood that the inhabitants of Keilah would deliver him into the hands of Saul, 1 Samuel 23:12; and others when the Ziphites attempted a second time to do the same, 1 Samuel 26:1; but since a single person is spoken of that magnified himself against him, Psalm 55:12; and Ahithophel seems to be designed; it may be thought rather to be written on account of Absalom's rebellion, and Ahithophel's counsel against him; who is considered by many Christian interpreters as a type of Judas, the betrayer of our Lord; and, indeed, there are many things in this psalm, if not the whole, which may be truly applied to Christ, as will be seen in the following exposition of it.