Salmos 39:6-13

6 Ciertamente en tinieblas anda el hombre; ciertamente en vano se inquieta; amontona, y no sabe quién lo cogerá

7 Y ahora, Señor, ¿qué esperaré? Mi esperanza en ti está

8 Líbrame de todas mis rebeliones; no me pongas por escarnio del loco

9 Enmudecí, no abrí mi boca; porque tú lo hiciste

10 Quita de sobre mí tu plaga; de la guerra de tu mano soy consumido

11 Con castigos sobre la iniquidad corriges al hombre, y haces consumirse como de polilla su grandeza; ciertamente vanidad es todo hombre. (Selah.

12 Oye mi oración, oh SEÑOR, y escucha mi clamor; no calles ante mis lágrimas; porque peregrino soy contigo, y advenedizo, como todos mis padres

13 Déjame estar delante de ti, y tomaré fuerzas, antes que vaya y perezca

Salmos 39:6-13 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, a Psalm of David. Some take Jeduthun to be the name of a musical instrument, as Jarchi, on which, and others the first word of a song, to the tune of which, this psalm was sung, as Aben Ezra; though it seems best, with Kimchi and others, to understand it as the name of the chief musician, to whom this psalm was sent to be made use of in public service; since Jeduthun was, with his sons, appointed by David to prophesy with harps and psalteries, and to give praise and thanks unto the Lord, 1 Chronicles 16:41; he is the same with Ethan {s}. The occasion of it is thought, by some, to be the rebellion of his son Absalom; so Theodoret thinks it was written when he fled from Absalom, and was cursed by Shimei; or rather it may be some sore affliction, which lay upon David for the chastisement of him; see Psalm 39:9; and the argument of the psalm seems to be much the same with that of the preceding one, as Kimchi observes.

{s} Vid. Hiller. Onomastic. Sacr. p. 513, 805.