Salmos 106:34-44

34 No destruyeron los pueblos que el SEÑOR les dijo

35 antes se mezclaron con los gentiles, y aprendieron sus obras

36 Y sirvieron a sus ídolos; los cuales les fueron por ruina

37 Y sacrificaron sus hijos y sus hijas a los diablos

38 y derramaron la sangre inocente, la sangre de sus hijos y de sus hijas, que sacrificaron a los ídolos de Canaán; y la tierra fue contaminada con sangre

39 Se contaminaron así con sus propias obras, y fornicaron con sus hechos

40 Se encendió por tanto el furor del SEÑOR sobre su pueblo, y abominó su heredad

41 Y los entregó en poder de los gentiles, y se enseñorearon de ellos los que los aborrecían

42 Y sus enemigos los oprimieron, y fueron quebrantados debajo de su mano

43 Muchas veces los libró; mas ellos se rebelaron a su consejo, y fueron humillados por su iniquidad

44 El con todo, miraba cuando estaban en angustia, y oía su clamor

Salmos 106:34-44 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 106

This psalm is without the name of its author, as the Syriac interpreter observes. Aben Ezra, on Ps 106:47, says, that one of the wise men of Egypt (perhaps Maimonides) was of opinion that it was written in the time of the judges, when there was no king in Israel; and another, he says, thought it was written in Babylon: but he was of opinion it was wrote under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, or by a prophetic spirit, concerning their present captivity; and so Kimchi. The petition in Ps 106:47, "gather us from among the Heathen", has led most interpreters to conclude that it was written either in the Babylonish captivity, or, as some, in the times of Antiochus: but by comparing it with 1Ch 16:7, it appears that it was written by David, at the time of the bringing up of the ark to Zion; since the first and two last verses of it are there expressly mentioned, in the psalm he gave Asaph to sing on that occasion, Ps 106:34-36, who therein might have respect to the Israelites that had been taken captive by some of their neighbours, as the Philistines, and still retained; though there is no difficulty in supposing that David, under a prophetic spirit, foresaw future captivities, and represents those that were in them. As the preceding psalm treats of the mercies and favours God bestowed upon Israel, this of their sins and provocations amidst those blessings, and of the goodness of God unto them; that notwithstanding he did not destroy them from being a people; for which they had reason to be thankful.