1Von David. Gepriesen sei der HERR! Er ist mein schützender Fels. Er lehrt meine Hände zu kämpfen und zeigt mir, wie ich die Waffen gebrauchen muss.2Wie gut ist Gott zu mir! Er ist meine Festung, meine Burg auf unbezwingbarer Höhe, mein Erretter und mein Schild, der mich vor Bösem bewahrt. Er hat mich zum Herrscher über mein Volk gemacht.[1]3HERR, was ist schon der Mensch! Warum schenkst du ihm überhaupt Beachtung? Warum kümmerst du dich um ihn?4Sein Leben ist vergänglich und gleicht einem Schatten, der vorüberhuscht.5HERR, komm vom Himmel herab; berühre die Berge – und sie werden Rauch ausstoßen!6Schleudere deine Blitze, schieße deine Pfeile und jage die Feinde auf und davon!7Strecke mir deine Hand von oben entgegen und reiße mich aus den tosenden Fluten! Rette mich vor der Macht der feindlichen Völker!8Ihre Worte sind Lug und Trug; selbst wenn sie schwören, lügen sie.9Gott, für dich will ich ein neues Lied singen und auf der zehnsaitigen Harfe dazu spielen.10Denn du verhilfst den Königen zum Sieg und rettest auch deinen Diener David aus tödlicher Gefahr.11Befreie mich, ja, rette mich vor der Macht der feindlichen Völker! Ihre Worte sind Lug und Trug; selbst wenn sie schwören, lügen sie.12Wenn du uns rettest, können unsere Kinder ungestört aufwachsen. Unsere Söhne werden stark und groß sein wie Bäume. Unsere Töchter werden schön sein wie geschnitzte Säulen, die prächtige Paläste zieren.13Unsere Vorratskammern sind dann randvoll, gefüllt mit den unterschiedlichsten Speisen. Unsere Schafe und Ziegen auf den Weiden werfen Tausende von Lämmern,14und unsere Kühe bringen ihre Kälber ohne Fehlgeburten zur Welt. Dann muss niemand mehr auf unseren Märkten klagen und jammern.15Glücklich ist das Volk, das so etwas erlebt! Glücklich ist das Volk, dessen Gott der HERR ist!
1Give praise to the LORD, my Rock. He trains my hands for war. He trains my fingers for battle.2He is my loving God and is like a fort to me. He is my place of safety and the God who saves me. He is like a shield that keeps me safe. He brings nations under my control.3LORD, what are human beings that you take care of them? What are mere people that you think about them?4Their lives don’t last any longer than a breath. Their days are like a shadow that quickly disappears.5LORD, open up your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will pour out smoke.6Send flashes of lightning and scatter my enemies. Shoot your arrows and chase them away.7My enemies are like a mighty flood. Reach down from heaven and save me. Save me from outsiders who attack me.8They tell all kinds of lies with their mouths. Even when they make a promise by raising their right hands, they don’t mean it.9My God, I will sing a new song to you. I will make music to you on a lyre that has ten strings.10You are the God who helps kings win battles. You save your servant David. From death by the sword11save me. Set me free from outsiders who attack me. They tell all kinds of lies with their mouths. Even when they make a promise by raising their right hands, they don’t mean it.12While our sons are young, they will be like healthy plants. Our daughters will be like pillars that have been made to decorate a palace.13Our storerooms will be filled with every kind of food. The sheep in our fields will increase by thousands. They will increase by tens of thousands.14Our oxen will pull heavy loads. None of our city walls will be broken down. No one will be carried off as a prisoner. No cries of pain will be heard in our streets.15Blessed is the nation about whom all these things are true. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD.
1Of David. Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; (Ps 18,2; Ps 18,31; Ps 18,34; Ps 18,46)2he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples[1] under me. (Ps 7,10; Ps 18,2; Ps 18,47; Ps 59,9; Ps 59,10; Ps 59,17; Ps 91,2; Jon 2,8)3O Lord, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him? (Ps 8,4; Ps 31,7)4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. (Hi 8,9; Ps 39,5; Ps 102,11; Ps 109,23)5Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke! (Ps 18,9; Ps 104,32; Jes 64,1)6Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them! (Ps 18,14)7Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners, (Ps 18,16; Ps 18,44; Ps 69,14)8whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. (1Mo 14,22; 5Mo 32,40; Ps 12,2; Ps 41,6; Ps 106,26; Jes 62,8)9I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you, (Ps 33,2)10who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from the cruel sword. (Ps 18,50)11Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. (Ps 144,7; Ps 144,8)12May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace; (Ps 128,3; Sach 9,15)13may our granaries be full, providing all kinds of produce; may our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields; (Jes 30,23; Joe 2,24)14may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mishap or failure in bearing;[2] may there be no cry of distress in our streets! (Jes 24,11; Jer 14,2; Jer 46,12)15Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord! (5Mo 33,29; Ps 33,12; Ps 146,5)