Salmos 139:1-9

1 Salmo 139
Para el director del coro: salmo de David.
Oh Señor
, has examinado mi corazón
y sabes todo acerca de mí.

2 Sabes cuándo me siento y cuándo me levanto;
conoces mis pensamientos aun cuando me encuentro lejos.

3 Me ves cuando viajo
y cuando descanso en casa.
Sabes todo lo que hago.

4 Sabes lo que voy a decir
incluso antes de que lo diga, Señor
.

5 Vas delante y detrás de mí.
Pones tu mano de bendición sobre mi cabeza.

6 Semejante conocimiento es demasiado maravilloso para mí,
¡es tan elevado que no puedo entenderlo!

7 ¡Jamás podría escaparme de tu Espíritu!
¡Jamás podría huir de tu presencia!

8 Si subo al cielo, allí estás tú;
si desciendo a la tumba,
allí estás tú.

9 Si cabalgo sobre las alas de la mañana,
si habito junto a los océanos más lejanos,

Salmos 139:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. This psalm was written by David, when he lay under the reproach and calumnies of men, who laid false things to his charge; things he was not conscious of either in the time of Saul's persecution of him, or when his son Absalom rebelled against him: and herein he appeals to the heart searching and rein trying God for his innocence; and, when settled on his throne, delivered it to the master of music, to make use of it on proper occasions. According to the Syriac title of the psalm, the occasion of it was Shimei, the son of Gera, reproaching and cursing him as a bloody man, 2 Samuel 16:5. Theodoret takes it to be a prophecy of Josiah, and supposes that he is represented as speaking throughout the psalm. Aben Ezra observes, that this is the most glorious and excellent psalm in all the book: a very excellent one it is: but whether the most excellent, it is hard to say. It treats of some of the most glorious of the divine perfections; omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence. Arama says, the argument of it is God's particular knowledge of men, and his providence over their affairs.