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].
Alabado sea el Dios de mi fortaleza, enseñando a mis manos el uso de la espada, y a mis dedos el arte de luchar;
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.
Él es mi fortaleza y mi Roca; mi alta torre y mi salvador; mi guardián y mi esperanza: él me da autoridad sobre mi gente.
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.
Señor, ¿qué es el hombre, que lo tienes en mente? o el hijo del hombre que lo tomas en cuenta?
4 [The time that we live is as short] as [SIM] a puff of wind; our time to live disappears like a shadow does.
El hombre es como un aliento: su vida es como una sombra que se va rápidamente.
5 Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!
Desciende, oh SEÑOR, de tus cielos; toca y deja que las montañas emitan humo.
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).
Con tus relámpagos envíalos en vuelo: envía tus flechas para su destrucción.
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
Extiende tu mano de lo alto; líbrame, sácame a salvo de las grandes aguas, y de las manos de hombres extraños;
8 who [SYN] [always] tell lies. [Even in a courtroom where they swear to tell the truth] they tell lies.
En cuyas bocas hay palabras falsas, Y su diestra es diestra de mentira.
9 God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp [while I sing] to you.
Te haré una nueva canción, oh Dios; Te haré melodía en un instrumento de diez cuerdas y salterio.
10 You enable kings to defeat [their enemies]; and you rescued me, your servant David, from [being killed by] my enemies’ swords.
Dios es quien da salvación a los reyes; y quien mantuvo a su siervo David de la espada hiriente.
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].
Hazme libre, y sácame de las manos de hombres extraños, en cuyas bocas hay palabras falsas, y cuya diestra es diestra de mentira.
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.
Nuestros hijos son como plantas altas y jóvenes; y nuestras hijas como las piedras brillantes de la casa de un rey;
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.
Nuestros almacenes están llenos de todas las cosas buenas; y nuestras ovejas dan a luz a miles y a miles en nuestros campos.
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].
Nuestros bueyes están bien cargados; nuestras vacas dan a luz de manera segura; no hay salida, y no hay grito de dolor en nuestros lugares abiertos.
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!
Feliz es la nación cuyos caminos están tan ordenados; sí, feliz es la nación cuyo Dios es el Señor.
