Salmos 69:21-31

21 Pusiéronme además hiel por comida, Y en mi sed me dieron á beber vinagre.

22 Sea su mesa delante de ellos por lazo, Y lo que es para bien por tropiezo.

23 Sean oscurecidos sus ojos para ver, Y haz siempre titubear sus lomos.

24 Derrama sobre ellos tu ira, Y el furor de tu enojo los alcance.

25 Sea su palacio asolado: En sus tiendas no haya morador.

26 Porque persiguieron al que tú heriste; Y cuentan del dolor de los que tú llagaste.

27 Pon maldad sobre su maldad, Y no entren en tu justicia.

28 Sean raídos del libro de los vivientes, Y no sean escritos con los justos.

29 Y yo afligido y dolorido, Tu salud, oh Dios, me defenderá.

30 Alabaré yo el nombre de Dios con cántico, Ensalzarélo con alabanza.

31 Y agradará á Jehová más que sacrificio de buey, O becerro que echa cuernos y uñas.

Salmos 69:21-31 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Of the word "shoshannim," See Gill on "Ps 45:1," title. The Targum renders it, "concerning the removal of the sanhedrim;" which was about the time of Christ's death. The Talmudists {t} say, that forty years before the destruction of the temple, the sanhedrim removed, they removed from the paved chamber, &c. But it can hardly be thought that David prophesied of this affair; nor of the captivity of the people of Israel, as the Targum, Aben Ezra, Kimchi, Arama, and R. Obadiah interpret it: and so Jarchi takes the word "shoshannim" to signify lilies, and applies it to the Israelites, who are as a lily among thorns. But not a body of people, but a single person, is spoken of, and in sorrowful and suffering circumstances; and, if the Jews were not blind, they might see that they are the enemies of the person designed, and the evil men from whom he suffered so much. And indeed what is said of him cannot be said of them, nor of any other person whatever but the Messiah: and that the psalm belongs to Christ, and to the times of the Gospel, is abundantly evident from the citations out of it in the New Testament; as

Psalm 69:4 in John 15:25;
Psalm 69:9 in John 2:17;
Psalm 69:21 in Matthew 27:34;
Psalm 69:22 in Romans 11:9;
Psalm 69:25 in Acts 1:16.

The inscription of the psalm in the Syriac version is, "'a psalm' of David, according to the letter, when Shemuah (Sheba), the son of Bichri, blew a trumpet, and the people ceased from following after him (David); but the prophecy is said concerning those things which the Messiah suffered, and concerning the rejection of the Jews." And Aben Ezra interprets Psalm 69:36 of the days of David, or of the days of the Messiah.

{t} T. Bab. Avoda Zara, fol. 8. 2. & Roshhashanah, fol. 31. 1, 2.