Salmos 115:11-18

11 Los que teméis al SEÑOR, confiad en el SEÑOR; él es su ayuda y su escudo

12 El SEÑOR se acordó de nosotros; bendecirá sobremanera a la casa de Israel; bendecirá a la casa de Aarón

13 Bendecirá a los que temen al SEÑOR; a chicos y a grandes

14 Acrecentará el SEÑOR bendición sobre vosotros; sobre vosotros y sobre vuestros hijos

15 Benditos vosotros del SEÑOR, que hizo los cielos y la tierra

16 Los cielos son los cielos del SEÑOR; y ha dado la tierra a los hijos de Adán

17 No alabarán los muertos a JAH, ni todos los que descienden al silencio

18 mas nosotros bendeciremos a JAH, desde ahora y para siempre. Alelu-JAH

Salmos 115:11-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 115

This psalm is by the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, joined to the former, and makes one psalm with it: and Kimchi says, that in some books the psalm does not begin here; but in the best and correct copies of the Hebrew, and in the Targum, it stands a distinct psalm; and the different subject matter or argument shows it to be so. It is ascribed to various persons; by some to Moses and the Israelites, when pursued by Pharaoh: by others to the three companions of Daniel, cast into the fiery furnace: by others to Mordecai and Esther, when Haman distressed the Jews: by others to the heroes at the times of Antiochus and the Maccabees; so Theodoret: by some to Jehoshaphat, when a numerous army came against him; and by others to David, which is more probable; though on what occasion is not easy to say: some have thought it was written by him, when insulted by the Jebusites, 2Sa 5:6. The occasion of it seems to be some distress the church of God was in from the Heathens; and the design of it is to encourage trust and confidence in the Lord; and to excite the saints to give him the glory of all their mercies, and to expose the vanity of idols.