Salmos 44:17-26

17 Todo esto nos ha venido, y no nos hemos olvidado de ti; y no hemos faltado a tu pacto.

18 No se ha vuelto atrás nuestro corazón, ni tampoco se han apartado nuestros pasos de tus caminos.

19 Cuando nos quebrantaste en el lugar de los dragones, y nos cubriste con sombra de muerte,

20 si nos hubiésemos olvidado del Nombre de nuestro Dios, o alzado nuestras manos a dios ajeno,

21 ¿No demandaría Dios esto? Porque él conoce los secretos del corazón.

22 Antes por tu causa nos matan cada día; somos tenidos como ovejas para el degolladero.

23 Despierta; ¿por qué duermes, Señor? Despierta, no nos deseches para siempre.

24 ¿Por qué escondes tu rostro? ¿Olvidaste nuestra aflicción, y la opresión nuestra?

25 Porque nuestra alma se ha agobiado hasta el polvo; nuestro vientre está pegado con la tierra.

26 Levántate para ayudarnos, y redímenos por tu misericordia.

Salmos 44:17-26 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. It is not certain who was the writer of this psalm, nor when it was written, and to what time it belongs: some have thought it was composed by one of the Babylonish captivity, and that it gives an account of the church and people of God in those times; but what is said in Psalm 44:17 does not seem to agree with Daniel 9:5. It is most likely it was written by David, and to him the Targum ascribes it; though it does not respect his times; since what is said in Psalm 44:9 cannot agree with them; yet he being a prophet might, under a prophetic influence, speak of future times, and represent the church in them. Some are of opinion that he prophetically speaks of the times of the Maccabees and of Antiochus, when the church and people of God suffered much for the true religion, and abode steadfast in it; so Theodoret: but rather the whole may be applied to the times of the New Testament, since Psalm 44:22 is cited by the Apostle Paul, Romans 8:36, and is applied to his times, and as descriptive of the suffering state and condition of the church then; and which seems to be the guide and key for the opening of the whole psalm.