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].
Благословен Господ, град мој, који учи руке моје боју, прсте моје рату,
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.
Добротвор мој и ограда моја, уточиште моје и Избавитељ мој, Штит мој, Онај у кога се уздам, који ми покорава народ мој.
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.
Господе! Шта је човек, те знаш за њ, и син смртнога, те га пазиш?
4 [The time that we live is as short] as [SIM] a puff of wind; our time to live disappears like a shadow does.
Човек је као ништа; дани су његови као сен, који пролази.
5 Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!
Господе! Савиј небеса своја, и сиђи; дотакни се гора, и задимиће се.
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).
Севни муњом, и разагнај их; пусти стреле своје, и распи их.
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
Пружи руку своју с висине, избави ме и извади ме из воде велике, из руку туђинаца,
8 who [SYN] [always] tell lies. [Even in a courtroom where they swear to tell the truth] they tell lies.
Којих уста говоре ништавне ствари, и којих је десница десница лажна.
9 God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp [while I sing] to you.
Боже! Песму нову певаћу Ти, у псалтир од десет жица удараћу Теби,
10 You enable kings to defeat [their enemies]; and you rescued me, your servant David, from [being killed by] my enemies’ swords.
Који дајеш спасење царевима, и Давида слугу свог избављаш од љутог мача.
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].
Избави ме и отми ме из руке туђинаца, којих уста говоре ништавне ствари, и којих је десница десница лажна.
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.
Синови наши нека буду као биље, које весело одрасте у младости; кћери наше као ступови прекрасно израђени у двору;
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.
Житнице наше пуне, обилне сваким житом; овце наше нек се множе на хиљаде и на сто хиљада по становима нашим.
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].
Волови наши нека буду товни; нека не буду нападања, ни бежања, ни тужњаве по улицама нашим.
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!
Благо народу, у ког је све овако! Благо народу, у ког је Господ Бог!
