Salmos 50:16-23

16 Pero al malo dijo Dios: ¿Qué parte tienes tú de declarar mis leyes, y que tomes mi pacto en tu boca

17 ¡Aborreciendo tú el castigo, y echando detrás de ti mis palabras

18 Si veías al ladrón, tú corrías con él; y con los adúlteros era tu parte

19 Tu boca metías en mal, y tu lengua componía engaño

20 Tomabas asiento, y hablabas contra tu hermano; contra el hijo de tu madre ponías infamia

21 Estas cosas hiciste, y yo he callado; pensabas por eso que de cierto sería yo como tú; yo te argüiré, y las pondré delante de tus ojos

22 Entended ahora esto, los que os olvidáis de Dios; no sea que os arrebate, y no haya quién os libre

23 El que sacrifica alabanza me honrará; y al que ordenare su camino, le enseñaré la salud de Dios

Salmos 50:16-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 50

\\<>\\. This psalm is called a psalm of Asaph; either because it was composed by him under divine inspiration, since he was a prophet and a seer, 1Ch 25:2, 2Ch 29:30; or because it was delivered to him to be sung in public service, he being a chief musician; see 1Ch 16:7; and so it may be rendered, "a psalm for Asaph"; or "unto Asaph" {o}; which was directed, sent, and delivered to him, and might be written by David; and, as Junius thinks, after the angel had appeared to him, and he was directed where he should build an altar to the Lord, 1Ch 21:18. The Targum, Kimchi, and R. Obadiah Gaon, interpret this psalm of the day of judgment; and Jarchi takes it to be a prophecy of the future redemption by their expected Messiah; and indeed it does refer to the times of the Gospel dispensation; for it treats of the calling of the Gentiles, of the abrogation of legal sacrifices, and of the controversy the Lord would have with the Jews for retaining them, and rejecting pure, spiritual, and evangelical worship. {o} Poal "ipsi Asaph", Tigurine version, Vatablus; "Asapho", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; so Ainsworth.