Salmos 144
1 Bendito Jehová mi roca, que enseña mis manos a la batalla, y mis dedos a 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 Misericordia mía, y mi castillo: altura mía, y mi libertador: escudo mío en quien he confiado: el que allana mi pueblo delante de 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 O! Jehová, ¿qué es el hombre, que te haces familiar a él? ¿el hijo del hombre, para que le estimes?
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 semejante a la vanidad: sus días son como la 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 O! Jehová, inclina tus cielos y desciende: toca los montes, y humeen.
Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!
6 Relampaguea relámpagos, y disípalos; envía tus saetas, y contúrbalos.
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 Envía tu mano desde lo alto: redímeme, y escápame de las muchas aguas: de la mano de los hijos extraños.
[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 vanidad; y su diestra es diestra de mentira.
who [SYN] [always] tell lies. [Even in a courtroom where they swear to tell the truth] they tell lies.
9 O! Dios, a ti cantaré canción nueva: con salterio, con decacordio cantaré a ti.
God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp [while I sing] to you.
10 El que da salud a los reyes: el que redime a David su siervo de perniciosa espada.
You enable kings to defeat [their enemies]; and you rescued me, your servant David, from [being killed by] my enemies’ swords.
11 Redímeme, y escápame de mano de los hijos extraños: cuya boca habla vanidad, y su diestra es diestra de mentira.
[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 Que nuestros hijos sean como plantas crecidas en su juventud: nuestras hijas como las esquinas labradas a manera del 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 rincones llenos, proveidos de toda suerte de grano: nuestros ganados que paran a millares, y a diez millares en nuestras plazas.
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 cargados de carnes, no haya portillo, ni quien salga, ni quien dé grita 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 Bienaventurado el pueblo que tiene esto: bienaventurado el pueblo, cuyo Dios es Jehová.
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!
