Salmos 144
1 ¡Bendito sea Yavé, mi Roca, Que adiestra mis manos para la guerra Y mis dedos para 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 Misericordia y mi Fortaleza, Mi alta Torre y mi Libertador, Mi Escudo, en Quien me refugio, Quien sujeta mi pueblo a mí.
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 Oh Yavé, ¿qué es el hombre Para que Tú tengas conocimiento de él, O el hijo del hombre para que pienses en 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 suspiro. 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 Oh Yavé, inclina tus cielos y desciende. Toca las montañas para que humeen.
Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!
6 Despacha relámpagos y dispérsalos. Envía tus flechas y confúndelos.
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 lo alto. Rescátame y líbrame de las aguas caudalosas, De la mano de 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 Cuyas bocas hablan engaño Y cuya mano derecha es falsedad.
who [SYN] [always] tell lies. [Even in a courtroom where they swear to tell the truth] they tell lies.
9 Oh ʼElohim, a Ti cantaré canto nuevo, Con salterio de diez cuerdas te cantaré salmos.
God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp [while I sing] to you.
10 Quien da salvación a los reyes, Y rescatas a tu esclavo David de la espada perversa.
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 la mano de extranjeros, Cuyas bocas hablan engaño, Cuya boca y mano derecha son 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 Sean nuestros hijos en su juventud como plantas crecidas, Y nuestras hijas como columnas de esquinas labradas.
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 Estén llenos nuestros graneros Y provean toda clase de producto, Nuestros rebaños se reproduzcan por miles, Y diez miles 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 estén fuertes para el trabajo, Sin ruptura y sin pérdida, Y no haya clamor de alarma en nuestras plazas.
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 Inmensamente feliz es el pueblo a quien esto le sucede. Inmensamente feliz es el pueblo cuyo ʼElohim es Yavé.
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!
