Salmos 38:17-22

17 Porque yo estoy a punto de claudicar, y mi dolor está delante de mí continuamente

18 Por tanto denunciaré mi iniquidad; me acongojaré por mi pecado

19 Porque mis enemigos son vivos y fuertes; y se han aumentado los que me aborrecen sin causa

20 y pagando mal por bien me son contrarios, por seguir yo lo bueno

21 No me desampares, oh SEÑOR; Dios mío, no te alejes de mí

22 Apresúrate a ayudarme, Señor de mi salvación

Salmos 38:17-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 38

\\<>\\. This psalm was composed by David under some sore affliction, and when in great distress of mind by reason of sin, perhaps his sin with Bathsheba; and was written as a memorial of his sense of sin, of his great afflictions, and deliverance from them; and therefore is said to be "to bring to remembrance", or to refresh his memory with the said things. Kimchi and Ben Melech think the psalm was made for the sake of such as are in distress, to put them in mind and teach them how to pray. The Targum calls the psalm, ``a good remembrance concerning Israel;'' and Jarchi says it was to remember the distress of Israel before the Lord, and that it is said with respect to all Israel; though others think the word "lehazcir" is the name of a psalm tune; and Aben Ezra was of opinion that it was the first word of some pleasant poem. The Septuagint version adds, ``concerning the sabbath,'' as if it was wrote to put persons in mind of that day; whereas there is nothing in the whole psalm that has any such tendency.