Psalm 144
1 Von David. - Gepriesen sei der Herr, mein Hort, der meine Hände streiten lehrt und meine Finger kämpfen,
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].
2 der meine Wehr ist, meine Burg und meine Feste, mein Befreier, der mein Schild und meine Zuversicht, er, der mir Völker unterwirft! -
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.
3 Was ist der Mensch, daß Du Dich um ihn kümmerst, Herr, und was das Menschenkind, daß Du es also achtest
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.
4 Der Mensch gleicht einem Hauch, die Tage sein dem Schatten dessen, was vorüberfliegt.
[The time that we live is as short] as [SIM] a puff of wind; our time to live disappears like a shadow does.
5 Hernieder neige, Herr, den Himmel! Steig herab! Und rühre an die Berge, daß sie rauchen!
Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!
6 Wirf Blitze! Streue sie! Schieß Deine Pfeile ab und schrecke sie!
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).
7 Von oben reiche Deine Hand! Befreie, errette mich aus großen Fluten, aus der Gewalt der Fremden!
[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
8 Sie reden falsch mit ihrem Munde, und schwören Meineid mit der Rechten. -
who [SYN] [always] tell lies. [Even in a courtroom where they swear to tell the truth] they tell lies.
9 Ich singe Dir dann, Gott, ein neues Lied und spiele Dir auf Harfen mit zehn Saiten:
God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp [while I sing] to you.
10 "Der Königen verleiht den Sieg, der David, seinen Knecht, dem bösen Schwert entreißt,
You enable kings to defeat [their enemies]; and you rescued me, your servant David, from [being killed by] my enemies’ swords.
11 der rettet und befreit mich aus der Hand der Fremden, die falsch mit ihrem Munde reden, mit ihrer Rechten Meineid schwören." -
[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].
12 Dann sind wie Pfeiler an den Türmen unsere Söhne in ihrer Jugendkraft, und unsere Töchter gleichen Säulen, dem Bildschmuck an Palästen.
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.
13 Dann werden unsere Scheunen übervoll, für jede Frucht ein Speicher; zu Tausenden dann unsere Schafe, auf unsren Fluren zu Zehntausenden.
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.
14 Und unsere Rinder trächtig; da gibt's Einfall nicht noch Ausfall, kein Jammer mehr auf unsren Gassen.
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].
15 Dem Volke Heil, dem's also geht! Dem Volke Heil, des Gott der Herr!
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!
