Psalms 18
1 [For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, ] I love you, LORD, my strength.
Katoeng kruek zaehoikung hanah, Angraeng ih tamna David ih saam laa. Angraeng mah David to a misanawk thung boih hoi Saul ih ban thung hoiah loisak naah, David mah Angraeng khaeah hae laa hae sak; anih mah hae tiah thuih: Ka thacakhaih, Aw Angraeng, nang kang palung han.
2 The LORD is my Rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my Rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Angraeng loe ka lungsong, kacak kai ih sipae hoi kai pahlongkung ah oh: ka Sithaw, ka thacakhaih, ka buephaih, kang vaenghaih, ka loihhaih taki, kai ih imsang ah oh.
3 I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
Pakoeh han krah Sithaw to ka kawk han, anih mah ka misanawk ban thung hoiah na pahlong tih.
4 The waves of death surrounded me, and the currents of ungodliness overwhelmed me.
Duekhaih quinawk mah ang zaeng moe, Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk ih tuiphu mah zithaih hoiah ang ohsak.
Hell qui mah ang zaeng kang moe, duekhaih thaang mah ang maah khoep. (Sheol h7585)
6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried out to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry before him came into his ears.
Dawnrai naah Angraeng to ka kawk, ka Sithaw to ka palawk: anih mah angmah ih tempul thung hoiah ka lok ang tahngaih pae; ka hanghaih lok loe anih hmaa ah phak moe, anih ih naa thungah akun.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
Anih palungphui naah, long anghuen moe, tasoeh; maenawk ohhaih takung khoek to anghuen moe, angthuih.
8 Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
Anih ih hnah thung hoiah hmaikhue tacawt moe, anih pakha thung ih hmai mah kangh pongah, to ih hmaipalai hoiah hmai to amngaeh.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
Anih mah van to takoih moe, pahnaem tathuk; kaving loe anih ih khok tlim ah oh.
10 He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
Anih loe Cherubim nuiah angthueng moe, azawk: ue, anih loe takhi ih pakhraehnawk nuiah azawk.
11 He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy around him thick clouds dark with water.
Anih loe angmah anghawk haih hanah vinghaih to sak moe, kaving khak tuinawk hoi kathah van ih tamainawk mah anih to takui o.
12 From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed on, with hailstones and coals of fire.
A hmaa ah aanghaih oh pongah, kathah tamainawk mah qaetui hoi hmai kamngaeh thlung to sin o moe, hmabang ah caeh o.
13 The LORD also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice.
Angraeng loe van ah doeh khopazihsak moe, Sang koek mah qaetui hoi hmai kamngaeh thlungnawk hanah lok a paek.
14 And he sent out arrows and scattered them, and he shot lightning bolts and routed them.
Ue, anih loe angmah ih palaanawk to kah; tangphra a pueksak pongah, misanawk anghaehsak phang moe, a sungsak.
15 And the depths of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
Aw Angraeng, na thuitaekhaih hoi na hnah thung ih takhi nang hahhaih hoiah, tui longhaih loklamnawk to amtueng moe, long angdoethaih doeh amtueng.
16 He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.
Anih loe ranui bang hoiah ban to payangh, kai ang patawnh moe, pop parai tuinawk thung hoiah kai to azuh tahang.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
Anih mah kai hnuma kaminawk, kai han paroeai thacak, ka misanawk ban thung hoiah ang pahlong.
18 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.
Kam rohaih niah nihcae mah ang maah o khoep; toe Angraeng loe ka buephaih ah oh.
19 He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Anih mah kalen parai imthung ah ang caeh haih; ka nuiah palung a tongh pongah, anih mah ang pahlong.
20 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
Angraeng mah ka toenghaih baktih toengah, tangqum to ang paek, ka ban ciimhaih baktih toengah atho ang paek let.
21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Angraeng ih loklamnawk to ka pazui pongah, zaehaih sak hanah Sithaw to ka caeh taak ai.
22 For all his ordinances were before me. I did not put away his statutes from me.
A lok takroekhaihnawk boih loe ka hmaa ah oh, anih mah sak ih daannawk ka pahnawt vai ai.
23 I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
A hmaa ah toenghaih hoiah kho ka sak moe, zaehaih to ka caeh taak.
24 Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
To pongah ka toenghaih baktih, a mikhnuk ah ka ban ciimhaih baktih toengah, Angraeng mah tangqum to ang paek.
25 With the faithful you show yourself faithful. With the innocent you show yourself innocent.
Nang loe tahmen thaih kami khaeah tahmenhaih nam tuengsak moe, katoeng kami khaeah toenghaih to nam tuengsak;
26 With the pure you show yourself pure. And with the crooked you show yourself tortuous.
Kaciim kami khaeah ciimhaih nam tuengsak moe, poek angkoih kami khaeah poek angkoihaih to nam tuegsak.
27 For you will save a humble people, but the eyes of the proud you will bring low.
Mi tlim ah khosah kaminawk to na pahlong; toe kasang ah mikpadai kaminawk loe na pakhrak tathuk.
28 For you light my lamp. The LORD my God lights up my darkness.
Aw Angraeng, kai ih hmaithawk nang paaang pae, ka Angraeng Sithaw mah ka vinghaih hae na aangsak tih.
29 For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
Nang oephaih rang hoiah misa to ka patom moe, ka Sithaw oephaih rang hoiah ni sipae to ka poeng thaih.
30 As for God, his way is perfect. The word of the LORD is pure. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
Sithaw ih loklam loe acung: Angraeng ih lok loe coek han koi om ai. Anih loe angmah khaeah abuep kaminawk boih hanah angvaenghaih ah oh.
31 For who is God, except the LORD? Who is a rock, besides our God,
Angraeng pacoengah mi maw Sithaw ah kaom vop? To tih ai boeh loe aicae Sithaw ai ah loe mi maw lungsong ah kaom?
32 the God who girds me with strength, and makes my way blameless?
Sithaw mah thacakhaih kazii hoiah ang zaeng moe, ka caehhaih loklam to acungsak.
33 He makes my feet like deer's feet, and sets me on my high places.
Tasuk khok baktiah ka khok hae ang sak pae moe, ka ohhaih hmuensangnawk ah ang suek.
34 He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
Misatuk kop hanah ka ban ang patoh pae, to naah ni ka ban mah sum kalii to takoih thai vop.
35 You have also given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand holds me up, and your help has made me great.
Kai nang pakaa moe, na pahlonghaih to nang paek: na bantang ban hoiah nang zaeh moe, na tuinom hoihaih hoiah nang lensak boeh.
36 You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
Ka caehhaih loklam to na kawksak pongah, ka khok hae amkhraeng thai ai.
37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and I did not turn back until they were destroyed.
Ka misanawk ka patom moe, ka kae: nihcae amro ai karoek to kam laem let ai.
38 I struck them through, so that they did not rise. They fell beneath my feet.
Nihcae loe ka khok tlim ah amtimh o: angthawk thai ai khoek to nihcae to ka tit.
39 For you have equipped me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
Misatuk hanah thacakhaih kazii hoiah nang zaeng; ka misanawk ka khok tlim ah na kuepsak.
40 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
Kai hnuma kaminawk ka hum thai hanah, ka misanawk ih tahnongnawk doeh nang paek.
41 They cried, but there was none to save; even to the LORD, but he did not answer them.
Nihcae loe hang o, toe pahlongkung tawn o ai; Angraeng khaeah a hang o, toe anih mah pathim pae ai.
42 Then I ground them as fine as the dust on the surface of a path. Like the mud in the streets, I trampled them.
To naah nihcae to adip pueng ah ka hnoih moe, takhi nuiah maiphu takhoek ih baktih toengah ka takhoek: nihcae to loklam ih maiphu baktiah ka haeh.
43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me;
Kai naeh kaminawk ih ban thung hoiah nang loisak moe, sithaw panoek ai kaminawk ih lu ah nang suek; panoek ai ih kaminawk doeh kai ih tok to a sak o.
44 as soon as they hear of me they obey me. Foreigners come cringing to me;
Kai ih tamthang a thaih o naah, ka lok to tahngaih o; panoek ai ih kaminawk loe angmacae koeh ah ka hmaa ah ang paek o.
45 they are not bound in chains.
Panoek ai ih kaminawk loe palung boeng o moe, angmacae ohhaih ahmuen hoi tasoehhaih hoiah angzoh o.
46 The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
Angraeng loe hing! Ka lungsong loe tahamhoihaih om nasoe! Kai pahlongkung Sithaw loe, pakoehhaih om nasoe.
47 even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
Kai hanah lulak moe, kaminawk kai tlim ah kuepsakkung loe, Sithaw ni.
48 He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
Ka misanawk thung hoiah anih mah ang pahlong; ue, ka misanawk ranuiah kai nang toengh tahang: amrosak thaih kami ban thung hoiah nang pahlong.
49 Therefore I will praise you, LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.
To pongah aw Angraeng, kai loe Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk salakah, nang khaeah anghoehaih lawk ka thuih moe, na hmin pakoehhaih laa to ka sak han.
50 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his descendants, until forever.
Anih mah angmah ih siangpahrang khaeah kalen parai loisakhaih to paek moe, situi a bawh ih David hoi angmah ih acaengnawk khaeah boeng thai ai palungnathaih to amtuengsak.
