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1 Начальнику хора. Раба Господня Давида, который произнес слова песни сей к Господу, когда Господь избавил его от рук всех врагов его и от руки Саула. И он сказал: Возлюблю тебя, Господи, крепость моя!
To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said, I will give you my love, O Lord, my strength.
2 Господь - твердыня моя и прибежище мое, Избавитель мой, Бог мой, скала моя; на Него я уповаю; щит мой, рог спасения моего и убежище мое.
The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
3 Призову достопоклоняемого Господа и от врагов моих спасусь.
I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.
4 Объяли меня муки смертные, и потоки беззакония устрашили меня;
The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.
The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me. (Sheol h7585)
6 В тесноте моей я призвал Господа и к Богу моему воззвал. И Он услышал от чертога Своего голос мой, и вопль мой дошел до слуха Его.
In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.
7 Потряслась и всколебалась земля, дрогнули и подвиглись основания гор, ибо разгневался Бог;
Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry.
8 поднялся дым от гнева Его и из уст Его огонь поядающий; горячие угли сыпались от Него.
There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.
9 Наклонил Он небеса и сошел, - и мрак под ногами Его.
The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
10 И воссел на херувимов и полетел, и понесся на крыльях ветра.
And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.
11 И мрак сделал покровом Своим, сению вокруг Себя мрак вод, облаков воздушных.
He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12 От блистания пред Ним бежали облака Его, град и угли огненные.
Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.
13 Возгремел на небесах Господь, и Всевышний дал глас Свой, град и угли огненные.
The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.
14 Пустил стрелы Свои и рассеял их, множество молний, и рассыпал их.
He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.
15 И явились источники вод, и открылись основания вселенной от грозного гласа Твоего, Господи, от дуновения духа гнева Твоего.
Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.
16 Он простер руку с высоты и взял меня, и извлек меня из вод многих;
He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.
17 избавил меня от врага моего сильного и от ненавидящих меня, которые были сильнее меня.
He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
18 Они восстали на меня в день бедствия моего, но Господь был мне опорою.
They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.
19 Он вывел меня на пространное место и избавил меня, ибо Он благоволит ко мне.
He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
20 Воздал мне Господь по правде моей, по чистоте рук моих вознаградил меня,
The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.
21 ибо я хранил пути Господни и не был нечестивым пред Богом моим;
For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.
22 ибо все заповеди Его предо мною, и от уставов Его я не отступал.
For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.
23 Я был непорочен пред Ним и остерегался, чтобы не согрешить мне;
And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.
24 и воздал мне Господь по правде моей, по чистоте рук моих пред очами Его.
Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
25 С милостивым Ты поступаешь милостиво, с мужем искренним - искренно,
On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;
26 с чистым - чисто, а с лукавым - по лукавству его,
He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.
27 ибо Ты людей угнетенных спасаешь, а очи надменные унижаешь.
For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.
28 Ты возжигаешь светильник мой, Господи; Бог мой просвещает тьму мою.
You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.
29 С Тобою я поражаю войско, с Богом моим восхожу на стену.
By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in; by the help of my God I have gone over a wall.
30 Бог! - Непорочен путь Его, чисто слово Господа; щит Он для всех, уповающих на Него.
As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.
31 Ибо кто Бог, кроме Господа, и кто защита, кроме Бога нашего?
For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God?
32 Бог препоясывает меня силою и устрояет мне верный путь;
God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.
33 делает ноги мои, как оленьи, и на высотах моих поставляет меня;
He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.
34 научает руки мои брани, и мышцы мои сокрушают медный лук.
He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.
35 Ты дал мне щит спасения Твоего, и десница Твоя поддерживает меня, и милость Твоя возвеличивает меня.
You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.
36 Ты расширяешь шаг мой подо мною, и не колеблются ноги мои.
You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.
37 Я преследую врагов моих и настигаю их, и не возвращаюсь, доколе не истреблю их;
I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.
38 поражаю их, и они не могут встать, падают под ноги мои,
I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.
39 ибо Ты препоясал меня силою для войны и низложил под ноги мои восставших на меня;
For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.
40 Ты обратил ко мне тыл врагов моих, и я истребляю ненавидящих меня:
By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.
41 они вопиют, но нет спасающего; ко Господу, - но Он не внемлет им;
They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.
42 я рассеваю их, как прах пред лицем ветра, как уличную грязь попираю их.
Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.
43 Ты избавил меня от мятежа народа, поставил меня главою иноплеменников; народ, которого я не знал, служит мне;
You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.
44 по одному слуху о мне повинуются мне; иноплеменники ласкательствуют предо мною;
From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.
45 иноплеменники бледнеют и трепещут в укреплениях своих.
They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.
46 Жив Господь и благословен защитник мой! Да будет превознесен Бог спасения моего,
The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.
47 Бог, мстящий за меня и покоряющий мне народы,
It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.
48 и избавляющий меня от врагов моих! Ты вознес меня над восстающими против меня и от человека жестокого избавил меня.
He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.
49 За то буду славить Тебя, Господи, между иноплеменниками и буду петь имени Твоему,
Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.
50 величественно спасающий царя и творящий милость помазаннику Твоему Давиду и потомству его во веки.
Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.
