Salmos 27:1-10

1 El SEÑOR es mi luz y mi salvación; ¿a quién temeré? El SEÑOR es la fortaleza de mi vida; ¿de quién tendré temor?

2 Cuando para devorar mis carnes vinieron sobre mí los malhechores, mis adversarios y mis enemigos, ellos tropezaron y cayeron.

3 Aunque un ejército acampe contra mí, no temerá mi corazón; aunque en mi contra se levante guerra, a pesar de ello, estaré confiado.

4 Una cosa he pedido al SEÑOR, y ésa buscaré: que habite yo en la casa del SEÑOR todos los días de mi vida, para contemplar la hermosura del SEÑOR, y para meditar en su templo.

5 Porque en el día de la angustia me esconderá en su tabernáculo; en lo secreto de su tienda me ocultará; sobre una roca me pondrá en alto.

6 Entonces será levantada mi cabeza sobre mis enemigos que me cercan; y en su tienda ofreceré sacrificios con voces de júbilo; cantaré, sí, cantaré alabanzas al SEÑOR.

7 Escucha, oh SEÑOR, mi voz cuando clamo; ten piedad de mí, y respóndeme.

8 Cuando dijiste: Buscad mi rostro, mi corazón te respondió: Tu rostro, SEÑOR, buscaré.

9 No escondas tu rostro de mí; no rechaces con ira a tu siervo; tú has sido mi ayuda. No me abandones ni me desampares, oh Dios de mi salvación.

10 Porque aunque mi padre y mi madre me hayan abandonado, el SEÑOR me recogerá.

Salmos 27:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 27

\\<<[A Psalm] of David>>\\. The Septuagint interpreters add to this title, "before he was anointed". David was anointed three times, first when a youth in his father's house; but this psalm could not be written before that time, because he had not had then any experience of war, nor could be in any immediate apprehension of it, as here suggested; he was anointed a second time, after the death of Saul at Hebron, by the men of Judah; before that time indeed he had been harassed by Saul, and distressed by the Amalekites, and was driven from the public worship of God, to which he has a respect, Ps 27:4; and he was a third time anointed, by the elders of Israel, king over all Israel; and between the death of Saul and this unction there was a war between the house of David and the house of Saul; but what is referred to is not certain, nor is it of moment, since these words are neither in the Hebrew text, nor in the Chaldee paraphrase. Theodoret is of opinion this psalm was written by David when he fled from Saul, and came to Ahimelech the priest.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit., inquirir