Salmos 27:5-14

5 Porque él me esconderá en su tabernáculo en el día del mal; me esconderá en el escondrijo de su tienda; en roca me pondrá alto

6 Y luego ensalzará mi cabeza sobre mis enemigos en derredor mío; y yo sacrificaré en su tabernáculo sacrificios de júbilo; cantaré y alabaré al SEÑOR

7 Oye, oh SEÑOR, mi voz con que a ti llamo; ten misericordia de mí, y respóndeme

8 Mi corazón me ha dicho de ti: Buscad mi rostro. Tu rostro buscaré, oh SEÑOR

9 No escondas tu rostro de mí, no apartes con ira a tu siervo; mi ayuda has sido; no me dejes y no me desampares, Dios de mi salud

10 Porque mi padre y mi madre me dejaron, y el SEÑOR me recogió

11 Enséñame, oh SEÑOR, tu camino, y guíame por senda de rectitud, a causa de mis enemigos

12 No me entregues a la voluntad de mis enemigos; porque se han levantado contra mí testigos falsos, y quien habla calumnia

13 Hubiera yo desmayado, si no creyera que tengo de ver la bondad del SEÑOR en la tierra de los vivientes

14 Aguarda al SEÑOR; esfuérzate, y aliéntese tu corazón; sí, espera al SEÑOR

Salmos 27:5-14 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.