Salmos 144
1 Un Salmo de David. Alaben al Señor. Él es mi roca. Él me entrena para la batalla y me da destreza para la guerra.
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 Él me ama, me protege, y me defiende. Él es quien me rescata del peligro y me mantiene a salvo. Él somete a las naciones bajo mi dominio.
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 Señor, ¿Qué somos los seres humanos para que nos mires? ¿Qué somos los mortales para que te preocupes por nosotros?
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 La humanidad es como un suspiro. Sus vidas son como una sombra pasajera.
[The time that we live is as short] as [SIM] a puff of wind; our time to live disappears like a shadow does.
5 Abre tus cielos y desciende, Señor. Toca las montañas para que echen humo.
Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!
6 ¡Dispersa a tus enemigose con relámpagos! ¡Dispara tus flechas y hazlos huir confundidos!
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 Extiende tu mano desde el cielo y libérame. Rescátame de las aguas profundas, y de la opresión de los enemigos extranjeros.
[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 Ellos son mentirosos, y hablan con engaño aún bajo juramento.
who [SYN] [always] tell lies. [Even in a courtroom where they swear to tell the truth] they tell lies.
9 Dios, a tu cantaré una canción nueva, acompañada de un arpa de 10 cuerdas,
God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp [while I sing] to you.
10 solo para ti, el que da victoria a los reyes. Tú salvaste a tu siervo David de la muerte por espada.
You enable kings to defeat [their enemies]; and you rescued me, your servant David, from [being killed by] my enemies’ swords.
11 Libérame. Rescátame de la opresión de enemigos de otras naciones. Ellos son mentirosos y hablan con engaños aún bajo juramento.
[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 Entonces nuestros hijos crecerán como plantas durante su juventud, y se volverán maduros; y nuestras hijas serán hermosas como los pilares tallados de un palacio.
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 Nuestros graneros estarán llenos de toda clase de cosechas; nuestros rebaños de ovejas crecerán de a miles y hasta de diez miles en los pastos.
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 Nuestros bueyes engordarán. Nadie derribará los muros de nuestra ciudad y no habrá exilio, ni lamentos en las plazas de nuestras ciudades.
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 Los que viven así serán felices. Felices son los que tienen a Dios como su Señor.
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!
