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 sei Jehova, mein Fels, der meine Hände unterweist zum Kampf, meine Finger zum Kriege:
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.
Meine Güte und meine Burg, meine hohe Feste und mein Erretter; mein Schild und der, auf den ich traue, der mir mein Volk unterwirft!
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.
Jehova, was ist der Mensch, daß du Kenntnis von ihm nimmst, der Sohn des Menschen, 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 gleicht dem Hauche; seine Tage sind wie ein vorübergehender Schatten.
5 Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!
Jehova, neige deine Himmel und fahre hernieder; 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).
Blitze mit Blitzen und zerstreue sie; schieße deine Pfeile und verwirre 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
Strecke deine Hände aus von der Höhe; reiße mich und errette 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 Eitelkeit redet, und 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.
Gott! Ein neues Lied will ich dir singen, mit der Harfe von zehn Saiten will ich dir Psalmen singen;
10 You enable kings to defeat [their enemies]; and you rescued me, your servant David, from [being killed by] my enemies’ swords.
dir, der Rettung gibt den Königen, der seinen Knecht David entreißt dem verderblichen Schwerte.
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].
Reiße mich und errette mich aus der Hand der Söhne der Fremde, deren Mund Eitelkeit redet, und 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.
daß unsere Söhne in ihrer Jugend seien gleich hochgezogenen Pflanzen, unsere Töchter gleich behauenen Ecksäulen nach der Bauart eines Palastes;
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.
daß unsere Speicher voll seien, spendend von allerlei Art; daß unser Kleinvieh sich tausendfach mehre, zehntausendfach auf unseren 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].
daß unsere Rinder trächtig seien; daß kein Einbruch und kein Ausfall sei und kein Klaggeschrei auf unseren Straßen!
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!
Glückselig das Volk, dem also ist! Glückselig das Volk, dessen Gott Jehova ist!
