Salmos 59

Para o mestre de música. De acordo com a melodia Não Destruas. Poema epigráfico davídico, quando Saul enviou homens para vigiar a casa de Davi a fim de matá-lo.

1 Livra-me dos meus inimigos, ó Deus;põe-me fora do alcance dos meus agressores.

2 Livra-me dos que praticam o male salva-me dos assassinos.

3 Vê como ficam à minha espreita!Homens cruéis conspiram contra mim,sem que eu tenha cometidoqualquer delito ou pecado, ó SENHOR.

4 Mesmo eu não tendo culpa de nada,eles se preparam às pressas para atacar-me.Levanta-te para ajudar-me;olha para a situação em que me encontro!

5 Ó SENHOR, Deus dos Exércitos,ó Deus de Israel!Desperta para castigar todas as nações;não tenhas misericórdia dos traidores perversos.

6 Eles voltam ao cair da tarde,rosnando como cãese rondando a cidade.

7 Vê que ameaças saem de sua boca;seus lábios são como espadase dizem: “Quem nos ouvirá?”

8 Mas tu, SENHOR, vais rir deles;caçoarás de todas aquelas nações.

9 Ó tu, minha força, por ti vou aguardar;tu, ó Deus, és o meu alto refúgio.

10 O meu Deus fielvirá ao meu encontroe permitirá que eu triunfe sobre os meus inimigos.

11 Mas não os mates, ó Senhor, nosso escudo,se não, o meu povo o esquecerá.Em teu poder faze-os vaguear,e abate-os.

12 Pelos pecados de sua boca,pelas palavras de seus lábios,sejam apanhados em seu orgulho.Pelas maldições e mentiras que pronunciam,

13 consome-os em tua ira,consome-os até que não mais existam.Então se saberá até os confins da terraque Deus governa Jacó.

14 Eles voltam ao cair da tarde,rosnando como cãese rondando a cidade.

15 À procura de comida perambulame, se não ficam satisfeitos, uivam.

16 Mas eu cantarei louvores à tua força;de manhã louvarei a tua fidelidade,pois tu és o meu alto refúgio,abrigo seguro nos tempos difíceis.

17 Ó minha força, canto louvores a ti;tu és, ó Deus, o meu alto refúgio,o Deus que me ama.

Salmos 59 Commentary

Chapter 59

David prays for deliverance from his enemies. (1-7) He foresees their destruction. (8-17)

Verses 1-7 In these words we hear the voice of David when a prisoner in his own house; the voice of Christ when surrounded by his merciless enemies; the voice of the church when under bondage in the world; and the voice of the Christian when under temptation, affliction, and persecution. And thus earnestly should we pray daily, to be defended and delivered from our spiritual enemies, the temptations of Satan, and the corruptions of our own hearts. We should fear suffering as evil-doers, but not be ashamed of the hatred of workers of iniquity. It is not strange, if those regard not what they themselves say, who have made themselves believe that God regards not what they say. And where there is no fear of God, there is nothing to secure proper regard to man.

Verses 8-17 It is our wisdom and duty, in times of danger and difficulty, to wait upon God; for he is our defence, in whom we shall be safe. It is very comfortable to us, in prayer, to look to God as the God of our mercy, the Author of all good in us, and the Giver of all good to us. The wicked can never be satisfied, which is the greatest misery in a poor condition. A contented man, if he has not what he would have, yet he does not quarrel with Providence, nor fret within himself. It is not poverty, but discontent that makes a man unhappy. David would praise God because he had many times, and all along, found Him his refuge in the day of trouble. He that is all this to us, is certainly worthy of our best affections, praises, and services. The trials of his people will end in joy and praise. When the night of affliction is over, they will sing of the Lord's power and mercy in the morning. Let believers now, in assured faith and hope, praise Him for those mercies, for which they will rejoice and praise him for ever.

Chapter Summary

To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. The history of Saul's sending messengers to watch the house of David, and to kill him when he rose in the morning, is in 1 Samuel 19:11; which was the occasion of his writing this psalm; though the title of the Syriac version of it is, "David said or composed this, when he heard that the priests were slain by Saul:" and in the same is added, "but unto us it declares the conversion of the Gentiles to the faith, and the rejection of the Jews." And which perhaps is designed in Psalm 59:5; and some interpreters are of opinion that the whole psalm is to be understood of Christ, of whom David was a type, especially in his sufferings; and there are some things in it which better agree with him than with David, as particularly his being without sin, Psalm 59:3.