Psalms 144
1 I praise Yahweh, who is [like an overhanging] rock [under which I] ([get refuge/am protected])! He trains my hands so that I can use them to fight battles; he trains my fingers so that I can [shoot arrows in a war].
Von David. / Gepriesen sein Jahwe, mein Fels: / Er hat meine Hände zum Kampf, / Meine Finger zum Kriege geschickt gemacht.
2 He is the one who protects me; he is [like] a fortress [DOU] in which I am safe, he protects me [like] [protect soldiers] [MET], and he gives me refuge. He defeats [other] nations and [then] puts them under my power.
Er schenkt mir Huld, er ist meine Burg, meine Feste, mein Retter, / Mein Schild: in ihm war ich immer geborgen; / Völker hat er mir unterworfen.
3 Yahweh, [we] people are [very insignificant/unimportant], so why (are you concerned/do you care about us) [RHQ]? [It is amazing to me that] you pay attention to humans.
Jahwe, was ist doch der Mensch, daß du sein gedenkst, / Des Sterblichen Kind, daß du ihn beachtest?
4 [The time that we live is as short] as [SIM] a puff of wind; our time to live disappears like a shadow does.
Der Mensch ist ja nur wie ein Hauch, / Seine Tage sind wie ein schwindender Schatten.
5 Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!
Jahwe, neig deine Himmel, fahre herab, / Rühre die Berge an, daß sie rauchen!
6 Cause lightning to flash with the result that [your enemies] will run away! Shoot your arrows [at them] and cause them to (run away/scatter).
Schleudre Blitze: zerstreue sie, / Schieß deine Pfeile: verstöre sie!
7 [It is as though my enemies surround me like] a flood; reach your hand down from heaven and rescue me from them [SYN]. They are men from other countries
Streck aus deine Hand von der Himmelshöh! / Reiß mich heraus, befrei mich aus großen Wassern: / Aus der Hand der Söhne der Fremde,
8 who [SYN] [always] tell lies. [Even in a courtroom where they swear to tell the truth] they tell lies.
Deren Mund Falsches zu reden pflegt, / Deren Rechte eine Rechte der Lüge ist!
9 God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp [while I sing] to you.
Elohim, ich will dir singen ein neues Lied, / Auf zehnsaitiger Harfe dir spielen:
10 You enable kings to defeat [their enemies]; and you rescued me, your servant David, from [being killed by] my enemies’ swords.
Dir, der den Königen Sieg verleiht, / Der David, seinen Knecht, aus der Not gerissen.
11 [So I ask you to] save me from [being killed by] the swords [that those] evil [people carry]. Rescue me from the power [MTY] of those foreigners who [SYN] [always] tell lies, and [who raise] their right hands [in courtrooms when they solemnly declare that they will tell the truth].
Dem mordenden Schwerte entreiße mich! / Rette mich aus der Hand der Söhne der Fremde, / Deren Mund Falsches zu reden pflegt, / Deren Rechte eine Rechte der Lüge ist!
12 I wish/hope that our young sons will grow up to be like strong plants [SIM], and I wish/hope that our daughters will [grow up to] be [straight and tall] like the pillars [SIM] that stand in the corners of palaces.
Dann werden unsre Söhne in ihrer Jugendfrische / Wie kräftig wachsende Pflanzen sein, / Unsre Töchter gleichen Ecksäulen, / Die man meißelt zum Bau von Palästen.
13 I wish/hope that our barns will be full of many different crops. I wish/hope that the sheep in our fields will give birth to tens of thousands of baby lambs.
Unsre Speicher sind dann gefüllt / Und spenden allerlei Frucht. / Unsre Schafe gehen tausend-, ja zehntausendweis / Auf unsern Triften.
14 I wish/hope that our cows will give birth to many calves without having any miscarriages or deaths when they are born (OR, that no enemies will break through our city walls and take us (into exile/to their own countries)). I wish/hope that [there will not be a time when the people in] our streets cry out in distress [because foreign armies are invading].
Unsre Rinder tragen ohn Unfall und Fehlgeburt. / Auf unsern Straßen ist kein Klagegeschrei.
15 If good things like that happen to a nation, the people will be very happy. The people whose God is Yahweh are the ones who will be happy!
Heil dem Volk, dem es so ergeht, / Heil dem Volk, des Gott ist Jahwe!
