1Ein Psalm Davids. Gelobt sei der HERR, mein Fels. Er gibt mir Kraft zum Kampf und Gewandtheit in der Schlacht. (Ps 18,3)2Er ist mein treuer Helfer und meine Burg, mein Schutz und mein Retter. Er steht vor mir wie ein Schild, ich flüchte mich zu ihm. Er unterwirft mir die Völker[1].3HERR, was ist der Mensch, dass du ihn beachtest, und das Kind eines Menschen, dass du für es sorgst? (Ps 8,5)4Denn er ist wie ein Hauch, sein Leben ist wie ein vorüberhuschender Schatten. (Hi 8,9; Hi 14,2; Ps 39,12; Ps 109,23)5Neige den Himmel, HERR, und komm herab, berühre die Berge, sodass sie rauchen. (Ps 18,10; Jes 63,19)6Lass deine Blitze los und zerstreue deine Feinde! Schieße deine Pfeile ab und verwirre sie! (Hab 3,11; Sach 9,14)7Greif aus dem Himmel herab und rette mich aus tiefem Wasser, aus der Gewalt meiner Feinde. (Ps 18,45; Ps 69,2)8Wenn sie reden, lügen sie, sie schwören, und sagen doch nicht die Wahrheit! (5Mo 32,40; Ps 12,3; Ps 41,7; Jes 44,20)9Gott, ich will dir ein neues Lied singen! Ich will für dich auf der zehnsaitigen Harfe spielen. (Ps 40,4)10Denn du schenkst Königen den Sieg! Du allein hast deinen Knecht David vor dem tödlichen Schwert seiner Feinde bewahrt. (2Sam 18,7; Ps 140,8)11Befreie und rette mich aus der Gewalt meiner Feinde. Wenn sie reden, lügen sie und richten sich nicht nach der Wahrheit! (Ps 12,3; Jes 44,20)12Unsere Söhne sollen in ihrer Jugend wie wohlgenährte Pflanzen gedeihen. Unsere Töchter sollen schön sein wie die Säulen, die zur Verschönerung von Palästen geschaffen wurden. (Ps 92,13; Spr 3,9; Hl 4,4; Hl 7,4)13Unsere Scheunen sollen gefüllt sein mit Feldfrüchten aller Art. Die Herden auf unseren Weiden sollen sich vermehren um Tausende, ja um Zehntausende,14und unsere Rinder sollen trächtig sein, ohne Schaden und Verlust. Dann wird es kein Klagen mehr auf unseren Straßen und Plätzen geben. (2Kön 25,11; Jes 24,11; Jer 14,2)15Glücklich ist das Volk, dem es so ergeht. 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)