El panorama
Salmos 109 abre con “Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;”, cambia cerca del versículo 16 con “Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man…” y termina con “For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn…”. Estos puntos trazan el movimiento propio del capítulo desde su inicio hasta su conclusión.
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Salmos · Versión King James · 31Salmos 109:1-8
Versículos 1–8: Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
Salmos 109:1–8 abre con “Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;” y llega a “Let his days be few; and let another take his office.” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Observa dónde el sufrimiento, el deseo, la injusticia, la duda o los límites de la sabiduría impiden conclusiones superficiales en Salmos.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
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“They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen cause, compassed, fought. Su relación con los versículos 2 y 4 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.
Salmos 109:1-8
Versión King James1Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
4For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
8Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
Salmos 109:9-16
Versículos 9–16: Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Salmos 109:9–16 abre con “Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.” y llega a “Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Observa dónde el sufrimiento, el deseo, la injusticia, la duda o los límites de la sabiduría impiden conclusiones superficiales en Salmos.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen children, fatherless, widow. Su relación con los versículos 10 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.
“Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen catch, extortioner, labour. Su relación con los versículos 10 y 12 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.
Salmos 109:9-16
Versión King James9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
12Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD ; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
Salmos 109:17-24
Versículos 17–24: As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in…
Salmos 109:17–24 abre con “As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far…” y llega a “My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Observa dónde el sufrimiento, el deseo, la injusticia, la duda o los límites de la sabiduría impiden conclusiones superficiales en Salmos.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen blessing, cursing, delighted. Su relación con los versículos 18 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.
“Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen continually, covereth, garment. Su relación con los versículos 18 y 20 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.
Salmos 109:17-24
Versión King James17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD , and of them that speak evil against my soul.
21But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
Salmos 109:25-31
Versículos 25–31: I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked…
Salmos 109:25–31 abre con “I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.” y llega a “For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Observa dónde el sufrimiento, el deseo, la injusticia, la duda o los límites de la sabiduría impiden conclusiones superficiales en Salmos.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen became, heads, looked. Su relación con los versículos 26 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.
Salmos 109:25-31
Versión King James25I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
26Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
27That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD , hast done it.
28Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
30I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
Detalles que vale la pena notar
La imagen inicial
Psalms 109:1 comienza con “Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;”
Dónde cambia el capítulo
Psalms 109:21 forma un giro natural: “But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.”
La nota final
Psalms 109:31 deja al lector con “For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.”
Un recorrido de palabras por el capítulo
Las palabras LORD, mercy, adversaries, children, continually, hand ayudan a revelar las preocupaciones que se repiten en el capítulo.
Primero el texto
Donde difieren los lectores
El resumen comienza con lo que dice el pasaje y cómo se relacionan sus partes. No supone que una denominación ya haya resuelto cada pregunta. Toda dependencia de una tradición, teoría literaria o reconstrucción histórica se identifica con claridad.
El texto KJV aparece primero. Las conclusiones interpretativas se identifican, y las diferencias se presentan cuando ayudan a explicar por qué las comunidades serias no siempre llegan a la misma respuesta.
Las notas interpretativas comparativas de este capítulo están en preparación. Hasta que las notas revisadas estén listas, esta página separa el texto KJV del resumen y la aplicación sin afirmar que todos los lectores serios coinciden en cada cuestión.