Salmos 144

1 Por David. Bendito sea Yahvé, mi roca, que entrena mis manos para la guerra, y mis dedos a la batalla —

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 mi amorosa bondad, mi fortaleza, mi alta torre, mi libertador, mi escudo, y aquel en quien me refugio, que somete a mi pueblo bajo mi mando.

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 Yahvé, ¿qué es el hombre, para que te preocupes por él? ¿O el hijo del hombre, que piensas de él?

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 El hombre es como un soplo. Sus días son como una sombra que pasa.

[The time that we live is as short] as [SIM] a puff of wind; our time to live disappears like a shadow does.

5 Parte tus cielos, Yahvé, y baja. Toca las montañas y echarán humo.

Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!

6 Lanza un rayo y dispérsalos. Envíen sus flechas, y huyan.

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 arriba, rescátame y sácame de las grandes aguas, fuera de las manos de los 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 cuya boca habla con engaño, cuya mano derecha es una mano derecha de falsedad.

who [SYN] [always] tell lies. [Even in a courtroom where they swear to tell the truth] they tell lies.

9 Cantaré una nueva canción para ti, Dios. Con una lira de diez cuerdas, te cantaré alabanzas.

God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp [while I sing] to you.

10 Tú eres el que da la salvación a los reyes, que rescata a David, su siervo, de la espada mortal.

You enable kings to defeat [their enemies]; and you rescued me, your servant David, from [being killed by] my enemies’ swords.

11 Rescátame y líbrame de las manos de los extranjeros, cuyas bocas hablan con engaño, cuya mano derecha es una mano derecha de falsedad.

[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 serán como plantas bien cultivadas, nuestras hijas como pilares tallados para adornar 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 están llenos, repletos de toda clase de provisiones. Nuestras ovejas producen miles y diez mil en nuestros campos.

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 tirarán de cargas pesadas. No hay que entrar ni salir, y ningún clamor en nuestras calles.

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 Felices son las personas que se encuentran en esta situación. Feliz es el pueblo cuyo Dios es Yahvé.

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!