Salmos 63:3-11

3 Porque mejor es tu misericordia que la vida; mis labios te alabarán

4 Así te bendeciré en mi vida; en tu Nombre alzaré mis manos

5 Como de sebo y de grosura será saciada mi alma; y con labios de alegría te alabará mi boca

6 cuando me acordare de ti en mi lecho, cuando meditare de ti en las velas de la noche

7 Porque has sido mi socorro; y así en la sombra de tus alas me regocijaré

8 Mi alma se apegó tras de ti; tu diestra me ha sustentado

9 Mas los que para destrucción buscaron mi alma, descendieron en los sitios bajos de la tierra

10 Los matarán a filo de espada; serán porción de las zorras

11 Y el rey se alegrará en Dios; serán alabados todos los que juran por él; porque la boca de los que hablan mentira, será cerrada

Salmos 63:3-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 63

\\<>\\. This psalm was composed by David, either when he was persecuted by Saul, and obliged to hide himself in desert places, as in the forest of Hareth, the wildernesses of Ziph, Maon, and Engedi, \1Sa 22:5 23:14,24,25 24:1\; all which were in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:55,62; or when his son Absalom rebelled against him, which obliged him to flee from Jerusalem, and go the way of the wilderness, where Ziba and Barzillai sent him food, lest his young men that were with him should faint there, \2Sa 15:23 16:2 17:29\. The Septuagint version, and those that follow that, call it the wilderness of Idumea, or Edom, as the Arabic version; and so the Chaldee paraphrase, ``in the wilderness which was on the border of the tribe of Judah;'' as Edom was, Jos 15:21; so the Messiah, David's son, was in a wilderness, where he was tempted by the devil, and where he was hungry and thirsty in a literal sense, as David was here in a spiritual sense, as the psalm shows, Mt 4:1,2; and the church of God, whom David sometimes represents, is said to be in a wilderness, where she is fed for a time, and times, and half a time, even during the whole reign of the antichristian beast, Re 12:14; and, indeed, all the saints are, at one time or another, in a desert condition, and while they are here are in the wilderness of the people, Ho 2:14, Eze 20:35.