Salmos 78:26-36

26 Soltó el viento del oriente en los cielos
y guió al viento del sur con su gran poder.

27 ¡Hizo llover tanta carne como si fuera polvo
y cantidad de aves como la arena a la orilla del mar!

28 Hizo caer las aves dentro del campamento
y alrededor de sus carpas.

29 El pueblo comió hasta saciarse;
él les dio lo que se les antojaba.

30 Pero antes de que saciaran su antojo,
mientras aún tenían la comida en la boca,

31 la ira de Dios aumentó contra ellos,
e hirió de muerte a sus hombres más fuertes;
derribó a los mejores jóvenes de Israel.

32 Sin embargo, el pueblo siguió pecando;
a pesar de sus maravillas, se negaron a confiar en él.

33 Entonces, hizo que la vida de ellos terminara en fracaso,
y sus años en horror.

34 Cuando Dios comenzó a matarlos,
finalmente lo buscaron.
Se arrepintieron y tomaron en serio a Dios.

35 Entonces recordaron que Dios era su roca,
que el Dios Altísimo
era su redentor.

36 Pero todo fue de dientes para afuera;
le mintieron con la lengua;

Salmos 78:26-36 Meaning and Commentary

Maschil of Asaph. Or for "Asaph" {f}; a doctrinal and "instructive" psalm, as the word "Maschil" signifies; see Psalm 32:1, which was delivered to Asaph to be sung; the Targum is, "the understanding of the Holy Spirit by the hands of Asaph." Some think David was the penman of it; but from the latter part of it, in which mention is made of him, and of his government of the people of Israel, it looks as if it was wrote by another, and after his death, though not long after, since the account is carried on no further than his times; and therefore it is probable enough it was written by Asaph, the chief singer, that lived in that age: whoever was the penman of it, it is certain he was a prophet, and so was Asaph, who is called a seer, the same with a prophet, and who is said to prophesy, 2 Chronicles 29:30 and also that he represented Christ; for that the Messiah is the person that is introduced speaking in this psalm is clear from Matthew 13:34 and the whole may be considered as a discourse of his to the Jews of his time; giving them an history of the Israelites from their first coming out of Egypt to the times of David, and in it an account of the various benefits bestowed upon them, of their great ingratitude, and of the divine resentment; the design of which is to admonish and caution them against committing the like sins, lest they should be rejected of God, as their fathers were, and perish: some Jewish writers, as Arama observes, interpret this psalm of the children of Ephraim going out of Egypt before the time appointed.