Salmos 55:1-10

1 Escucha, oh Dios, mi oración, y no te escondas de mi súplica

2 Está atento, y respóndeme; clamo en mi oración, y me conmuevo

3 a causa de la voz del enemigo, por la opresión del impío; porque echaron sobre mí iniquidad, y con furor me han amenazado

4 Mi corazón está doloroso dentro de mí, y terrores de muerte han caído sobre mí

5 Temor y temblor vinieron sobre mí, y terror me ha cubierto

6 Y dije: ¡Quién me diera alas como de paloma! Volaría yo, y descansaría

7 Ciertamente huiría lejos; moraría en el desierto. (Selah.

8 Me apresuraría a escapar del viento tempestuoso, de la tempestad

9 Deshace, oh Señor, divide la lengua de ellos; porque he visto violencia y rencilla en la ciudad

10 Día y noche la rodean sobre sus muros; e iniquidad y trabajo hay en medio de ella

Salmos 55:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil [A Psalm] of David. The occasion of this psalm was either the persecution of Saul, or the conspiracy of Absalom. Some think it was written when David understood that the inhabitants of Keilah would deliver him into the hands of Saul, 1 Samuel 23:12; and others when the Ziphites attempted a second time to do the same, 1 Samuel 26:1; but since a single person is spoken of that magnified himself against him, Psalm 55:12; and Ahithophel seems to be designed; it may be thought rather to be written on account of Absalom's rebellion, and Ahithophel's counsel against him; who is considered by many Christian interpreters as a type of Judas, the betrayer of our Lord; and, indeed, there are many things in this psalm, if not the whole, which may be truly applied to Christ, as will be seen in the following exposition of it.