Salmos 50:9-19

9 Pero no necesito los toros de tus establos
ni las cabras de tus corrales.

10 Pues todos los animales del bosque son míos,
y soy dueño del ganado de mil colinas.

11 Conozco a cada pájaro de las montañas,
y todos los animales del campo me pertenecen.

12 Si tuviera hambre, no te lo diría a ti,
porque mío es el mundo entero y todo lo que hay en él.

13 ¿Acaso me alimento de carne de toro?
¿Acaso bebo sangre de cabra?

14 Haz que la gratitud sea tu sacrificio a Dios
y cumple los votos que le has hecho al Altísimo.

15 Luego llámame cuando tengas problemas,
y yo te rescataré,
y tú me darás la gloria».

16 Pero Dios dice a los perversos:
«¿Para qué se molestan en recitar mis decretos
y en fingir que obedecen mi pacto?

17 Pues rechazan mi disciplina
y tratan mis palabras como basura.

18 Cuando ven ladrones, les dan su aprobación,
y se pasan el tiempo con adúlteros.

19 Tienen la boca llena de maldad,
y la lengua repleta de mentiras.

Salmos 50:9-19 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.