Salmenes 144
1 Av David. Lovet være Herren, min klippe, han som oplærer mine hender til strid, mine fingrer til krig,
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 min miskunn og min festning, min borg og min redningsmann, mitt skjold og den jeg tar min tilflukt til, den som tvinger mitt folk under mig.
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 Herre, hvad er et menneske, at du kjenner ham, et menneskebarn, at du akter på ham!
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 Et menneske er lik et åndepust, hans dager er som en skygge som farer forbi.
[The time that we live is as short] as [SIM] a puff of wind; our time to live disappears like a shadow does.
5 Herre, bøi din himmel og far ned, rør ved fjellene så de ryker!
Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!
6 La lynet lyne og spred dem, send dine piler og skrem dem!
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 Rekk ut dine hender fra det høie, fri mig og frels mig fra store vann, fra fremmedes hånd,
[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 de hvis munn taler svik, og hvis høire hånd er en løgnens hånd.
who [SYN] [always] tell lies. [Even in a courtroom where they swear to tell the truth] they tell lies.
9 Gud! En ny sang vil jeg synge dig, til tistrenget harpe vil jeg lovsynge dig,
God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp [while I sing] to you.
10 du som gir kongene frelse, som redder David, din tjener, fra det onde sverd.
You enable kings to defeat [their enemies]; and you rescued me, your servant David, from [being killed by] my enemies’ swords.
11 Frels mig og fri mig fra fremmedes hånd, de hvis munn taler svik, og hvis høire hånd er en løgnens hånd,
[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 forat våre sønner må være som planter, høit vokset i sin ungdom, våre døtre som hjørnestolper, hugget som til et slott,
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 forat våre forrådshus må være fulle og gi av alle slag, at vårt småfe må øke sig i tusentall, ja i titusentall på våre gater,
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 at våre kuer må ha kalv, at det ingen skade må være og intet tap og intet klageskrik på våre gater.
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 Salig er det folk som det går således; salig er det folk hvis Gud Herren er.
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!
