Psalms 60
1 [I prayed], “God, you have rejected us [Israelis]! Because you have been angry [with us], you have [enabled our enemies] to break through our ranks. [Please] enable us to be strong again!
Þennan sálm orti Davíð þegar hann átti í ófriði við Sýrlendinga og óvíst var um úrslit. Þetta gerðist á sama tíma og Jóab, hershöfðingi Ísraels, vann sigur á 12.000 Edomítum í Saltdalnum. Þú Guð, hefur útskúfað okkur og brotið niður varnirnar. Þú hefur reiðst okkur og tvístrað. Drottinn sýndu aftur miskunn þína.
2 [When we were defeated, it was as though] [MET] there was a big earthquake in our land that caused the ground to split open. So now, [just as only you can] cause the cracks in the land to disappear, [help our army to be strong again], because [it is as though] our country is (falling apart/being destroyed).
Þú lést landið skjálfa, sprungur opnuðust. Drottinn læknaðu það og græddu sárin.
3 You have caused [us], your people, to suffer very much; [it is as though] you forced us to drink [strong] wine that caused us to stagger around [after we became drunk].
Þú lést lýð þinn kenna á hörðu, við reikuðum eins og drukknir menn.
4 But you have raised a battle flag for those who revere you in order that they can gather around it and not [be killed by the enemies’] arrows.
En nú hefur þú reist okkur herfána! Þangað stefnum við allir sem elskum þig.
5 Answer our [prayers] and enable us by your power [MTY] to defeat [our enemies] in order that we, the people whom you love, will be saved.”
Réttu út þína sterku hönd og frelsaðu okkur! Bjargaðu ástvinum þínum.
6 [Then] God [answered my prayer and] spoke from his temple, saying, “Because I have conquered [your enemies], I will divide up [everything in] Shechem [city], and I will distribute it among my people [the land in] Succoth Valley.
Guð hefur heitið hjálp. Hann hefur svarið það við heilagleika sinn! Er að undra þótt ég sé glaður?!
7 The Gilead [region] is mine; the [people of the tribe of] Manasseh are mine; [the tribe of] Ephraim is [like] my helmet [MET]; and [the tribe of] Judah is [like] the (scepter/stick [that I hold which shows that I am the ruler]) [MET];
„Síkem, Súkkót, Gíleað, Manasse – allt er þetta mitt, “segir hann. „Júda gefur konung og Efraím varðmenn.
8 but the Moab [region] is [like] my washbasin [MET]; I throw my sandal in the Edom [area to show that it belongs to me]; I shout triumphantly because I have defeated [the people of] the Philistia [area].”
Móab er þjónn minn og Edóm þræll. Og yfir Filisteu æpi ég siguróp!“
9 [Because I want to defeat the people of] Edom, (who will lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it?/I want someone to lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it.)” [RHQ]
Hver fer með til Edóms, inn í víggirtar borgir hans?
10 So, God, we [desire/hope that] [RHQ] you have not truly abandoned us, and that you will go with us when our armies march out [to fight our enemies].
Guð! Hann sem áður útskúfaði og yfirgaf hersveitir okkar!
11 [We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.
Drottinn, styð okkur gegn óvinunum, því að ekki hjálpa menn.
12 But with you [helping us], we shall win; you will enable us to defeat our enemies.
Með Guðs hjálp vinnum við stórvirki, hann mun fótum troða óvinina.
