Sòm 18
1 Pou chèf sanba yo. Se chante sa a David, sèvitè Seyè a, te chante pou Bondye lè Bondye te delivre l' anba Sayil ansanm ak tout lòt lènmi l' yo. Ala renmen mwen renmen ou, Seyè! Se ou menm ki tout fòs mwen.
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.
2 Se ou menm ki twou wòch kote m' kache a. Se ou menm ki sèvi m' ranpa. Se ou menm ki delivre m'. Ou se Bondye mwen, se ou menm ki pwoteje m'. Se nan ou mwen mete tout konfyans mwen. Se ou ki tout defans mwen. Se fòs ou k'ap sove m'. Se anba zèl ou mwen jwenn kote pou m' kache.
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.
3 Mwen rele Seyè a: Li delivre m' anba lènmi m' yo. Lwanj pou Seyè a!
I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.
4 Lanmò te fin vlope m'. Mwen te pè lè m' wè tout malè sa yo tonbe sou mwen.
The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me. (Sheol h7585)
6 Nan mizè mwen te ye a, mwen rele nan pye Seyè a. Mwen mande Bondye m' lan sekou. Kote l' chita lakay li a, li tande vwa mwen, rèl mwen rive jouk nan zòrèy li.
In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
7 Lè sa a, latè pran tranble, li souke. Mòn yo pran tranble jouk nan rasin yo. Yon sèl frison pran yo, paske Bondye te ankòlè!
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
8 Lafimen t'ap soti nan twou nen li. Yon gwo flanm dife ak moso chabon tou limen t'ap soti nan bouch li.
Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
9 Li bese syèl la, li desann avè yon gwo nwaj nwa anba pye li.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
10 Li moute sou do yon zanj cheriben, li t'ap vole. Yon kouran van t'ap pouse l' ale.
He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
11 Li te kache kò l' nan fènwa. Yon gwo nwaj pwès, plen dlo, te vlope l' toupatou.
He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12 Anpil lagrèl ak anpil chabon dife t'ap soti nan gwo limyè ki t'ap klere devan l' lan.
At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.
13 Seyè a pran gwonde nan syèl la. Bondye ki anwo nan syèl la fè tout moun tande vwa li.
The LORD also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.
14 Li voye flèch li yo, li gaye tout lènmi m' yo. Li fè yo tout kouri ak kout zèklè.
He sent out his arrows, and scattered them. He routed them with great lightning bolts.
15 Lè ou ankòlè, Seyè, van yo soti ak fòs nan twou nen ou. Lè konsa moun wè fon lanmè a, fondasyon tè a parèt aklè.
Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
16 Seyè a rete nan syèl la, li lonje men l', li pran m'. Li rale m' soti nan gwo dlo yo kote m' te ye a.
He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.
17 Li delivre m' anba gwo lènmi m' yo, anba tout moun sa yo ki te rayi m' epi ki te pi fò pase m'.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
18 Lè m' te nan tray, yo pwofite atake m'. Men, Seyè a te soutni m'.
They came on me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.
19 Li wete m' nan move pa a. Li delivre m' paske li renmen mwen.
He brought me out also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 Seyè a ban m' rekonpans mwen, paske li wè m' mache dwat devan li. Li ban m' benediksyon, paske li wè mwen inonsan.
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.
21 Mwen te obeyi lalwa Seyè a, mwen pa vire do bay Bondye m' lan pou m' fè sa ki mal.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 Mwen fè tou sa ki nan lalwa li, mwen pa janm dezobeyi kòmandman li yo.
For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.
23 Li konnen mwen pa antò. Mwen kenbe kò m' pou m' pa fè sa ki mal.
I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
24 Se konsa li ban m' rekonpans mwen, paske mwen mache dwat devan li, paske li wè mwen inonsan.
Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25 Ou menm, Seyè, ou kenbe pawòl ou ak moun ki kenbe pawòl yo. Ou bon ak moun ki bon.
With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
26 Ou pa fè ipokrit ak moun ki pa fè ipokrit avè ou, men ou malen ak moun ki malen.
With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
27 Ou delivre moun ki soumèt devan ou, men ou desann moun ki konprann yo pa kanmarad pesonn.
For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.
28 Seyè, ou se limyè mwen, ou se Bondye mwen. Se ou ki wete m' nan fènwa kote m' te ye a.
For you will light my lamp, LORD. My God will light up my darkness.
29 Avè ou, mwen fonse sou bann lènmi m' yo ki ame jouk nan dan. Avèk ou, mwen eskalade miray ki sèvi yo defans.
For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
30 Bondye oo! Tou sa ou fè bon nèt ale. Ou toujou kenbe pawòl ou. Ou pwoteje tout moun ki chache pwoteksyon anba zèl ou.
As for God, his way is perfect. The LORD’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
31 Ki moun ki Bondye si se pa Seyè a? Ki moun ki pran defans nou si se pa Bondye nou an?
For who is God, except the LORD? Who is a rock, besides our God,
32 Se Bondye ki ban m' fòs, li fè m' mennen yon vi san repwòch.
the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
33 Li asire pye m' tankou pye kabrit. Li fè m' mache sou mòn yo, san m' pa tonbe.
He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places.
34 Li moutre m' jan pou m' goumen. Li ban m' fòs pou m' sèvi ak pi gwo banza ki genyen.
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
35 Se ou menm, Seyè, ki pwoteje m'. Se ou ki delivre m'. Si m' kapab leve kanpe, se paske ou renmen m'. Pouvwa ou pa kite m' tonbe.
You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
36 Ou pa kite yo bare wout mwen. Mwen pa janm pèdi pye.
You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
37 Mwen kouri dèyè lènmi m' yo, mwen jwenn yo. Mwen pa tounen jouk tan mwen pa fin kraze yo nèt.
I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. I won’t turn away until they are consumed.
38 Mwen jete yo atè, yo pa ka leve. Yo tonbe, mwen mete pye m' sou kou yo.
I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
39 Ou ban m' kont fòs pou batay la. Ou fè lènmi m' yo mande m' padon.
For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
40 Ou fè lènmi m' yo kouri devan m'. Mwen disparèt tout moun ki rayi m' yo.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
41 Y'ap rele, y'ap mande sekou. Men, pa gen moun ki ka delivre yo! Y'ap rele Seyè a, men li pa reponn yo.
They cried, but there was no one to save; even to the LORD, but he didn’t answer them.
42 Mwen kraze yo, yo tout tounen pousyè van pote yo ale. Mwen mache sou yo tankou sou labou nan lari.
Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
43 Ou delivre m' anba pèp rebèl sa a. Ou mete m' chèf pou m' gouvènen sou tout nasyon yo. Pèp mwen pa t' janm konnen, se yo menm k'ap sèvi m'.
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.
44 Moun lòt peyi yo ap flate m'. Kou yo tande vwa m', yo obeyi:
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
45 Yo pèdi tout kouraj yo. Yo soti kote yo te kache a, y'ap tranble kou fèy bwa.
The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.
46 Viv Seyè a! Lwanj pou moun ki pran defans mwen an! Se Bondye ki delivre mwen! Ann fè konnen jan li gen pouvwa!
The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
47 Se Bondye ki pran revanj mwen. Se li ki mete pèp yo anba pye mwen.
even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
48 Li sove m' anba lènmi m' yo. Li wete m' anba men moun ki t'ap konbat mwen yo. Ou delivre m' anba ansasen yo.
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.
49 Se poutèt sa, Seyè, m'a fè moun lòt nasyon yo konnen ki moun ou ye. M'a chante pou fè lwanj ou.
Therefore I will give thanks to you, LORD, amongst the nations, and will sing praises to your name.
50 Bondye delivre wa li a anpil fwa. Li moutre jan li pa janm sispann renmen David, moun li te chwazi a, ansanm ak pitit pitit li yo pou tout tan.
He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.
