Saam 140
1 Katoeng kruek zaehoikung hanah. David ih Saam laa. Aw Angraeng, kahoih ai kami khae hoiah na pahlong ah; poeksae kami ih ban thung hoiah na pakaa ah;
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
2 nihcae loe sethaih khue to poek o; ni thoekkruek misatuk hanah amkhueng o.
Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war.
3 Nihcae loe palai to pahui palai baktiah taak o; nihcae ih pahni thungah pahui sae kasoe tui to oh. (Selah)
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison [is] under their lips. (Selah)
4 Aw Angraeng, kasae kaminawk ih ban thung hoiah na pakaa ah; poeksae kami ih ban thung hoiah na pakaa ah; nihcae loe ka khok tangkan amthaeksak hanah poek o.
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
5 Amoek kaminawk mah kai hanah tamquta hoi thaang ang patung pae o moe, qui to payang o; ka caehhaih loklam ah palok payang o moe, dongh patung o. (Selah)
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. (Selah)
6 Angraeng khaeah, nang loe kai ih Sithaw ah na oh, tiah ka thuih; Aw Angraeng, tahmen kang hnikhaih hae tahngai ah.
I said unto the LORD, Thou [art] my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
7 Aw Angraeng Sithaw, thacak kai akrangkung, misatukhaih niah ka lu hae nang khuk pae boeh.
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Aw Angraeng, kasae kaminawk koehhaih to paek hmah; nihcae poekhaih doeh koepsak hmah, to tih ai nahaeloe nihcae loe amoek o moeng tih. (Selah)
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves. (Selah)
9 Kai takui kaminawk ih lu loe, angmacae pahni hoi thuih ih sethaih mah khuk nasoe.
[As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10 Nihcae nuiah hmai kamngaeh to krah nasoe; nihcae angthawk o let han ai ah, kangqong hmai thungah, tangqom kathuk thungah va o nasoe.
Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
11 Sethaih lok thui thaih kami loe prae thungah om hmah nasoe; to baktih poeksae kami loe a hnukah sethaih mah patom nasoe.
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him].
12 Patangkhang kami to Angraeng mah khetzawn, amtang kami to toenghaih hoiah lok a caek.
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.
13 Tangtang ni katoeng kaminawk mah loe na hmin to saphaw o tih; poektoeng kaminawk loe na hmaa ah om o tih.
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
