Salmos 109:1-11

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 mi amor

6 Pon sobre él al impío; y Satanás esté a 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 de sus desiertos

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

Salmos 109:1-11 Meaning and Commentary

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.