Salmos 140:6-13

6 Le dije al Señor
: «¡Tú eres mi Dios!».
¡Escucha, oh Señor
, mis súplicas por misericordia!

7 Oh Señor
Soberano, tú eres el poderoso que me rescató.
Tú me protegiste en el día de la batalla.

8 Señor
, no permitas que los malvados se salgan con la suya;
no dejes que prosperen sus maquinaciones malignas
porque se volverán orgullosos.
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9 Que mis enemigos sean destruidos
por el mismo mal que han planeado contra mí.

10 Que les caigan carbones encendidos sobre la cabeza;
que sean arrojados al fuego
o a pozos llenos de agua donde no haya escapatoria.

11 No dejes que los mentirosos prosperen en nuestra tierra;
haz que les caigan grandes calamidades a los violentos.

12 Pero a los que ellos persiguen, yo sé que el Señor
los ayudará
y hará justicia a los pobres.

13 Sin duda, los rectos alaban tu nombre;
los justos vivirán en tu presencia.

Salmos 140:6-13 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. This psalm, A ben Ezra says, was composed by David before he was king; and Kimchi says, it is concerning Doeg and the Ziphites, who calumniated him to Saul; and, according to our English contents, it is a prayer of David to be delivered from Saul and Doeg. The Syriac inscription is, "said by David, when Saul threw a javelin at him to kill him, but it struck the wall; but, spiritually, the words of him that cleaves to God, and contends with his enemies." R. Obadiah says, it was made at the persecution of David by Saul, which was before the kingdom of David; as the persecution (of Gog) is before the coming of the Messiah. It is indeed before his spiritual coming, but not before his coming in the flesh; and David may be very well considered in the psalm as a type of Christ, for he was particularly so in his sufferings, as well as in other things.