Salmos 73:9-19

9 Se jactan contra los cielos mismos,
y sus palabras se pasean presuntuosas por toda la tierra.

10 Entonces la gente se desanima y se confunde,
al tragarse todas esas palabras.

11 «¿Y qué sabe Dios? —preguntan—.
¿Acaso el Altísimo sabe lo que está pasando?».

12 Miren a esos perversos:
disfrutan de una vida fácil mientras sus riquezas se multiplican.

13 ¿Conservé puro mi corazón en vano?
¿Me mantuve en inocencia sin ninguna razón?

14 En todo el día no consigo más que problemas;
cada mañana me trae dolor.

15 Si yo realmente hubiera hablado a otros de esta manera,
habría sido un traidor a tu pueblo.

16 Traté de entender por qué los malvados prosperan,
¡pero qué tarea tan difícil!

17 Entonces entré en tu santuario, oh Dios,
y por fin entendí el destino de los perversos.

18 En verdad, los pones en un camino resbaladizo
y haces que se deslicen por el precipicio hacia su ruina.

19 Al instante quedan destruidos,
totalmente consumidos por los terrores.

Salmos 73:9-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 73

\\<>\\. It seems by the title that Asaph was the penman of this psalm, as it is certain that he was a composer of psalms and hymns; see 2Ch 29:30, though it may be rendered, "a psalm for Asaph", or "unto Asaph" {a}; and might have David for its author, as some think, who, having penned it, sent it to Asaph, to be made use of by him in public service; see 1Ch 16:7, and so the Targum paraphrases it, ``a song by the hands of Asaph;'' the occasion of it was a temptation the psalmist fell into, through the prosperity of the wicked, and the afflictions of the righteous, to think there was nothing in religion, that it was a vain and useless thing; under which he continued until he went into the house of God, and was taught better; when he acknowledged his stupidity and folly, and penned this psalm, to prevent others falling into the same snare, and to set forth the goodness of God to his people, with which it begins.