Salmos 144:1-7

1 Bendito sea el SEÑOR, mi roca, que enseña mis manos a la batalla, y mis dedos a la guerra

2 Misericordia mía y mi castillo, altura mía y mi libertador, escudo mío, en quien he confiado; el que allana mi pueblo delante de mí

3 Oh SEÑOR, ¿qué es el hombre, que lo conoces? ¿O el hijo del hombre, para que lo estimes

4 El hombre es semejante a la vanidad; sus días son como la sombra que pasa

5 Oh SEÑOR, abaja tus cielos y desciende; toca los montes, y humeen

6 Despide relámpagos, y disípalos, envía tus saetas, y contúrbalos

7 Envía tu mano desde lo alto; redímeme, y sácame de las muchas aguas, de la mano de los hijos extraños

Salmos 144:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 144

\\<>\\. This psalm was written by David; not on account of the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, by a spirit of prophecy, as Theodoret; but on his own account, after he was come to the throne, and was king over all Israel; and was delivered from the was between him and Israel, and from the war of the Philistines, as Kimchi observes, having gained two victories over them: or it was written between the two victories, and before he had conquered all his enemies; since he prays to be delivered from the hand of strange children, Ps 144:7,11. R. Obadiah thinks it was written on the account of his deliverance from Absalom and Sheba; but the former is best. Some copies of the Septuagint, and also the Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions, have in their titles these words, ``against Goliath;'' and so Apollinarius; as if it was written on account of his combat with him, and victory over him; but this clause is not in the Hebrew Bibles; nor could Theodoret find it in the Septuagint in the Hexapla in his time. The Syriac inscription is still more foreign to the purpose, ``a psalm of David, when he slew Asaph the brother of Goliath.'' R. Saadiah Gaon interprets this psalm of the times of the Messiah; and there are several things in it which are applicable to him.