Salmos 143:1-8

1 Oh SEÑOR, escucha mi oración, presta oído a mis súplicas, respóndeme por tu fidelidad, por tu justicia;

2 y no entres en juicio con tu siervo, porque no es justo delante de ti ningún viviente.

3 Pues el enemigo ha perseguido mi alma, ha aplastado mi vida contra la tierra; me ha hecho morar en lugares tenebrosos, como los que hace tiempo están muertos.

4 Y en mí languidece mi espíritu; mi corazón está consternado dentro de mí.

5 Me acuerdo de los días antiguos, en todas tus obras medito, reflexiono en la obra de tus manos.

6 A ti extiendo mis manos; mi alma te anhela como la tierra sedienta. (Selah)

7 Respóndeme pronto, oh SEÑOR, porque mi espíritu desfallece; no escondas de mí tu rostro, para que no llegue yo a ser como los que descienden a la sepultura.

8 Por la mañana hazme oír tu misericordia, porque en ti confío; enséñame el camino por el que debo andar, pues a ti elevo mi alma.

Salmos 143:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 143

\\<>\\. This psalm was composed by David when he fled from Absalom his son, according to the title of it in Apollinarius, the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions; so R. Obadiah Gaon: and of the same opinion is Theodoret and others. The sense he had of his sins, and his deprecating God's entering into judgment with him for them, seems to confirm it; affliction from his own family for them being threatened him, 2Sa 12:9-11; though Kimchi thinks it was written on the same account as the former, and at the same time, namely, when he was persecuted by Saul; and what is said in Ps 142:2,4, seems to agree with it. The Syriac inscription is, ``when the Edomites came against him;'' which is very foreign, since these were subdued by him.