Psalms 144
1 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].
Von David. Gesegnet sei Jehovah, mein Fels, Der meine Hände den Kampf lehret, meine Finger den Streit.
2 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.
Meine Barmherzigkeit und Feste, meine Burg und mein Befreier mir, mein Schild und Der, auf Den ich mich verlasse, Der mein Volk mir unterworfen hat.
3 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.
Jehovah, was ist der Mensch, daß Du ihn kennst, des Menschen Sohn, daß Du an ihn denkst?
4 [The time that we live is as short] as [SIM] a puff of wind; our time to live disappears like a shadow does.
Dem Hauche gleicht der Mensch: wie ein Schatten, der vorübergeht, sind seine Tage.
5 Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!
Jehovah, neige Deine Himmel, und fahre hernieder, rühre die Berge an, auf daß sie rauchen.
6 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).
Blitze Deine Blitze, und zerstreue sie, sende Deine Pfeile, und verwirre sie.
7 [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
Sende Deine Hand aus von der Höhe, befreie und errette mich aus vielen Wassern, aus der Hand der Söhne des Auslands,
8 who [SYN] [always] tell lies. [Even in a courtroom where they swear to tell the truth] they tell lies.
Deren Mund Eitles redet, und deren Rechte eine Rechte der Lüge ist.
9 God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp [while I sing] to you.
O Gott, ein neues Lied will ich Dir singen, Dir Psalmen singen zum Psalter mit zehn Saiten.
10 You enable kings to defeat [their enemies]; and you rescued me, your servant David, from [being killed by] my enemies’ swords.
Der Du den Königen Sieg gibst; Der Du David, Deinen Knecht, vom bösen Schwerte befreit hast.
11 [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].
Befreie mich und errette mich aus der Hand der Söhne des Auslands, deren Mund Eitles redet, und deren Rechte eine Rechte der Lüge ist.
12 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.
Denn unsere Söhne sind wie Pflanzen groß geworden in ihrer Jugend, unsere Töchter als wie Ecksäulen zu Vorbildern für Paläste ausgehauen.
13 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.
Unsere Speicher sind voll, gewährend von Sorte zu Sorte, unser Kleinvieh ist tausendfältig, zehntausende sind auf unseren Gassen.
14 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].
Unsere Rinder sind beladen, kein Durchbruch und kein Ausgang ist da und kein Klageschrei auf unseren Straßen.
15 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!
Selig das Volk, dem also geschieht. Selig das Volk, dessen Gott Jehovah ist.
