Salmos 140:7-13

7 Ó Senhor, meu Senhor, meu forte libertador, tu cobriste a minha cabeça no dia da batalha.

8 Não concedas, ó Senhor, aos ímpios os seus desejos; não deixes ir por diante o seu mau propósito.

9 Não levantem a cabeça os que me cercam; cubra-os a maldade dos seus lábios.

10 Caiam sobre eles brasas vivas; sejam lançados em covas profundas, para que não se tornem a levantar!

11 Não se estabeleça na terra o caluniador; o mal persiga o homem violento com golpe sobre golpe.

12 Sei que o Senhor manterá a causa do aflito, e o direito do necessitado.

13 Decerto os justos louvarão o teu nome; os retos habitarão na tua presença.

Salmos 140:7-13 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.