Psalms 10

1 Why stand you afar off, O Lord? [why] do you overlook [us] in times of need, in affliction?

Poukisa ou rete lwen konsa, Seyè? Poukisa ou kache kò ou konsa lè nou nan ka?

2 While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: [the wicked] are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.

Mechan an ap gonfle lestonmak li, l'ap pèsekite malere yo. Se pou pye l' pran nan pèlen limenm li tann lan.

3 Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.

Mechan an ap vante tèt li pou move lanvi li gen nan kè l'. Lanbisyon fè l' pale mal, li vire do bay Bondye.

4 The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after [him]: God is not before him.

Mechan an tèlman gen lògèy, l'ap plede di: -Bondye p'ap pini m'. Pa gen Bondye. Se sa ase mechan an mete nan tèt li.

5 His ways are profane at all times; your judgments are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.

Tou sa li fè toujou mache byen. Li pa konprann jijman Bondye yo. L'ap meprize lènmi l' yo.

6 For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, [continuing] without evil from generation to generation.

L'ap di nan kè l': Anyen pa ka brannen m'. Mwen p'ap janm nan pwoblèm.

7 Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.

Tout pawòl li se madichon, se manti, se twonpe moun. Li cho konsa pou l' pale moun mal, pou l' di gwo mo.

8 He lies in wait with rich [men] in secret places, in order to kill the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.

Li kache kò l' nan ti bouk yo, l'ap pare tann inonsan yo pou l' touye yo an kachèt. L'ap veye moun ki san defans.

9 He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draws him [after him]: he will bring him down in his snare.

Li anbiske kò l' tankou yon lyon nan kachèt li. Li kouche, l'ap tann malere yo. Li pran yo nan pèlen li, li trennen yo pote ale.

10 He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.

Li bese, li kwoupi kò l', malere yo tonbe nan men l'.

11 For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look.

Mechan an di nan kè l': -Bondye p'ap okipe bagay konsa. Li fèmen je l', li p'ap janm wè m'.

12 Arise, O Lord God; let your hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.

Leve non, Seyè! vin sove mwen! Bondye, pa bliye moun y'ap peze yo!

13 Therefore, has the wicked provoked God? for he has said in his heart, He will not require [it].

Ki jan mechan an fè ap meprize Bondye jouk pou li di nan kè l': Li p'ap pini mwen?

14 You see [it]; for you do observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into your hands: the poor has been left to you; you were a helper to the orphan.

Men, ou make tout bagay. Ou konnen soufrans ak lapenn lèzòm. Ou toujou pare pou ede yo. Moun ki san defans yo, se nan men ou yo lage kòz yo, paske ou toujou ede moun ki san papa.

15 Break you the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.

Kraze pouvwa mechan yo, pouvwa moun k'ap fè mal yo. Fè yo rann kont pou sa yo fè, jouk yo disparèt nèt devan je ou.

16 The Lord shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: you Gentiles shall perish out his land.

Seyè a, se wa li ye depi tout tan ak pou tout tan. Moun lòt nasyon yo gen pou disparèt nan peyi li a.

17 The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: your ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;

Seyè, w'a koute moun ki soumèt devan ou lè y'ap lapriyè. W'a ba yo kouraj.

18 to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth.

W'a tande rèl moun y'ap peze yo, rèl timoun ki san papa yo. W'a fè yo jistis. Konsa, lèzòm ki fèt ak pousyè tè p'ap kapab fè moun pè ankò.