Salmos 55:1-6

1 Salmo 55
Para el director del coro: salmo
de David; acompáñese con instrumentos de cuerda.
Escucha mi oración, oh Dios;
¡no pases por alto mi grito de auxilio!

2 Por favor, escúchame y respóndeme,
porque las dificultades me abruman.

3 Mis enemigos me gritan,
me lanzan perversas amenazas a viva voz.
Me cargan de problemas
y con rabia me persiguen.

4 Mi corazón late en el pecho con fuerza;
me asalta el terror de la muerte.

5 El miedo y el temblor me abruman,
y no puedo dejar de temblar.

6 Si tan solo tuviera alas como una paloma,
¡me iría volando y descansaría!

Salmos 55:1-6 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.