Psalms 56
1 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
Katoeng kruek zaehoikung hanah. Anih mah oih ih bungmu loe, angthla parai oak thing pong ih pahuu baktiah oh. Gath ah Philistin kaminawk mah David naeh o naah David ih miktam. Aw Sithaw, na tahmen ah, kaminawk loe kai caak hanah, ni thokkruek ang pacaekthlaek o.
2 My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
Aw Kasang koek, ka misanawk mah kai caak hanah, ni thokkruek ang tuk o; nihcae loe paroeai pop o.
3 When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
Zithaih hoi ka oh naah, nang khaeah ka buep han.
4 In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
A lok to ka pakoeh han, Sithaw ka oep pongah ka zii mak ai, kami mah kawbangmaw na naa thai tih?
5 All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
Nihcae loe ni thokkruek ka loknawk to tamet o, ka nuiah kahoih ai poekhaih a tawnh o.
6 They conspire and lurk, watching my steps. They are eager to take my life.
Nihcae mah ka hinghaih tamit hanah angang o naah, nawnto amkhueng o, anghawk o moe, ka caehhaih khok tangkan to khet parui o.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.
Nihcae loe sakpazaehaih hoiah loih o tih maw? Aw Sithaw, palung na phuihaih hoiah to kaminawk to amtimsak ah.
8 You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?
Ahmuen kruekah kam hethaih to na poek paeh loe, ka mikkhraetuinawk hae nangmah ih pailang thungah na khrum paeh: to mikkhraetuinawk loe na cabu thungah oh na ai maw?
9 Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.
Sithaw kai khaeah oh pongah, kang kawk naah, ka misanawk loe hnukbangah angnawn o tih, tiah ka panoek.
10 In God, I will praise his word. In the LORD, I will praise his word.
Sithaw oephaih hoiah a lok to ka pakoeh han; Sithaw oephaih hoiah a lok to ka pakoeh han.
11 I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Sithaw ka oep pongah ka zii mak ai; kami mah kawbangmaw na naa thai tih?
12 Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
Aw Sithaw, na hmaa ah lokmaihaih ka sak baktih toengah; nang pakoehhaih laa to ka sak han.
13 For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
Tipongah tih nahaeloe duekhaih thung hoiah nang loisak boeh; Sithaw hmaa ah ka hing kaminawk ih aanghaih hoiah ka caeh thai hanah, ka khok hae nam thaeksak ai.
