Saam 18
1 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.
Unto the end. For David, the servant of the Lord, who spoke the words of this canticle to the Lord, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said: I will love you, O Lord my strength.
2 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.
The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my liberator. My God is my helper, and I hope in him: my protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my support.
3 Pakoeh han krah Sithaw to ka kawk han, anih mah ka misanawk ban thung hoiah na pahlong tih.
Praising, I will call upon the Lord. And I will be saved from my enemies.
4 Duekhaih quinawk mah ang zaeng moe, Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk ih tuiphu mah zithaih hoiah ang ohsak.
The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the torrents of iniquity dismayed me.
The sorrows of Hell encompassed me, and the snares of death intercepted me. (Sheol h7585)
6 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.
In my tribulation, I called upon the Lord, and I cried out to my God. And he listened to my voice from his holy temple. And my cry in his presence entered into his ears.
7 Anih palungphui naah, long anghuen moe, tasoeh; maenawk ohhaih takung khoek to anghuen moe, angthuih.
The earth was shaken, and it trembled. The foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and they were shaken, because he was angry with them.
8 Anih ih hnah thung hoiah hmaikhue tacawt moe, anih pakha thung ih hmai mah kangh pongah, to ih hmaipalai hoiah hmai to amngaeh.
A smoke ascended by his wrath, and a fire flared up from his face: coals were kindled by it.
9 Anih mah van to takoih moe, pahnaem tathuk; kaving loe anih ih khok tlim ah oh.
He bent the heavens, and they descended. And darkness was under his feet.
10 Anih loe Cherubim nuiah angthueng moe, azawk: ue, anih loe takhi ih pakhraehnawk nuiah azawk.
And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew: he flew upon the feathers of the winds.
11 Anih loe angmah anghawk haih hanah vinghaih to sak moe, kaving khak tuinawk hoi kathah van ih tamainawk mah anih to takui o.
And he set darkness as his hiding place, with his tabernacle all around him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
12 A hmaa ah aanghaih oh pongah, kathah tamainawk mah qaetui hoi hmai kamngaeh thlung to sin o moe, hmabang ah caeh o.
At the brightness that was before his sight, the clouds crossed by, with hail and coals of fire.
13 Angraeng loe van ah doeh khopazihsak moe, Sang koek mah qaetui hoi hmai kamngaeh thlungnawk hanah lok a paek.
And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.
14 Ue, anih loe angmah ih palaanawk to kah; tangphra a pueksak pongah, misanawk anghaehsak phang moe, a sungsak.
And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them. He multiplied lightnings, and he set them in disarray.
15 Aw Angraeng, na thuitaekhaih hoi na hnah thung ih takhi nang hahhaih hoiah, tui longhaih loklamnawk to amtueng moe, long angdoethaih doeh amtueng.
Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were revealed, by your rebuke, O Lord, by the inspiration of the Spirit of your wrath.
16 Anih loe ranui bang hoiah ban to payangh, kai ang patawnh moe, pop parai tuinawk thung hoiah kai to azuh tahang.
He sent from on high, and he accepted me. And he took me up, out of many waters.
17 Anih mah kai hnuma kaminawk, kai han paroeai thacak, ka misanawk ban thung hoiah ang pahlong.
He rescued me from my strongest enemies, and from those who hated me. For they had been too strong for me.
18 Kam rohaih niah nihcae mah ang maah o khoep; toe Angraeng loe ka buephaih ah oh.
They intercepted me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my protector.
19 Anih mah kalen parai imthung ah ang caeh haih; ka nuiah palung a tongh pongah, anih mah ang pahlong.
And he led me out, into a wide place. He accomplished my salvation, because he willed me.
20 Angraeng mah ka toenghaih baktih toengah, tangqum to ang paek, ka ban ciimhaih baktih toengah atho ang paek let.
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice, and he will repay me according to the purity of my hands.
21 Angraeng ih loklamnawk to ka pazui pongah, zaehaih sak hanah Sithaw to ka caeh taak ai.
For I have preserved the ways of the Lord, and I have not behaved impiously before my God.
22 A lok takroekhaihnawk boih loe ka hmaa ah oh, anih mah sak ih daannawk ka pahnawt vai ai.
For all his judgments are in my sight, and his justice, I have not pushed away from me.
23 A hmaa ah toenghaih hoiah kho ka sak moe, zaehaih to ka caeh taak.
And I will be immaculate together with him, and I will keep myself from my iniquity.
24 To pongah ka toenghaih baktih, a mikhnuk ah ka ban ciimhaih baktih toengah, Angraeng mah tangqum to ang paek.
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.
25 Nang loe tahmen thaih kami khaeah tahmenhaih nam tuengsak moe, katoeng kami khaeah toenghaih to nam tuengsak;
With the holy, you will be holy, and with the innocent, you will be innocent,
26 Kaciim kami khaeah ciimhaih nam tuengsak moe, poek angkoih kami khaeah poek angkoihaih to nam tuegsak.
and with the elect, you will be elect, and with the perverse, you will be perverse.
27 Mi tlim ah khosah kaminawk to na pahlong; toe kasang ah mikpadai kaminawk loe na pakhrak tathuk.
For you will save the humble people, but you will bring down the eyes of the arrogant.
28 Aw Angraeng, kai ih hmaithawk nang paaang pae, ka Angraeng Sithaw mah ka vinghaih hae na aangsak tih.
For you illuminate my lamp, O Lord. My God, enlighten my darkness.
29 Nang oephaih rang hoiah misa to ka patom moe, ka Sithaw oephaih rang hoiah ni sipae to ka poeng thaih.
For in you, I will be delivered from temptation; and with my God, I will climb over a wall.
30 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.
As for my God, his way is undefiled. The eloquence of the Lord has been examined by fire. He is the protector of all who hope in him.
31 Angraeng pacoengah mi maw Sithaw ah kaom vop? To tih ai boeh loe aicae Sithaw ai ah loe mi maw lungsong ah kaom?
For who is God, except the Lord? And who is God, except our God?
32 Sithaw mah thacakhaih kazii hoiah ang zaeng moe, ka caehhaih loklam to acungsak.
It is God who has wrapped me with virtue and made my way immaculate.
33 Tasuk khok baktiah ka khok hae ang sak pae moe, ka ohhaih hmuensangnawk ah ang suek.
It is he who has perfected my feet, like the feet of deer, and who stations me upon the heights.
34 Misatuk kop hanah ka ban ang patoh pae, to naah ni ka ban mah sum kalii to takoih thai vop.
It is he who trains my hands for battle. And you have set my arms like a bow of brass.
35 Kai nang pakaa moe, na pahlonghaih to nang paek: na bantang ban hoiah nang zaeh moe, na tuinom hoihaih hoiah nang lensak boeh.
And you have given me the protection of your salvation. And your right hand sustains me. And your discipline has corrected me unto the end. And your discipline itself will teach me.
36 Ka caehhaih loklam to na kawksak pongah, ka khok hae amkhraeng thai ai.
You have expanded my footsteps under me, and my tracks have not been weakened.
37 Ka misanawk ka patom moe, ka kae: nihcae amro ai karoek to kam laem let ai.
I will pursue my enemies and apprehend them. And I will not turn back until they have failed.
38 Nihcae loe ka khok tlim ah amtimh o: angthawk thai ai khoek to nihcae to ka tit.
I will break them, and they will not be able to stand. They will fall under my feet.
39 Misatuk hanah thacakhaih kazii hoiah nang zaeng; ka misanawk ka khok tlim ah na kuepsak.
And you have wrapped me with virtue for the battle. And those rising up against me, you have subdued under me.
40 Kai hnuma kaminawk ka hum thai hanah, ka misanawk ih tahnongnawk doeh nang paek.
And you have given the back of my enemies to me, and you have destroyed those who hated me.
41 Nihcae loe hang o, toe pahlongkung tawn o ai; Angraeng khaeah a hang o, toe anih mah pathim pae ai.
They cried out, but there was none to save them, to the Lord, but he did not heed them.
42 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.
And I will crush them into dust before the face of the wind, so that I will obliterate them like the mud in the streets.
43 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.
You will rescue me from the contradictions of the people. You will set me at the head of the Gentiles.
44 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.
A people I did not know has served me. As soon as their ears heard, they were obedient to me.
45 Panoek ai ih kaminawk loe palung boeng o moe, angmacae ohhaih ahmuen hoi tasoehhaih hoiah angzoh o.
The sons of foreigners have been deceitful to me, the sons of foreigners have grown weak with time, and they have wavered from their paths.
46 Angraeng loe hing! Ka lungsong loe tahamhoihaih om nasoe! Kai pahlongkung Sithaw loe, pakoehhaih om nasoe.
The Lord lives, and blessed is my God, and may the God of my salvation be exalted:
47 Kai hanah lulak moe, kaminawk kai tlim ah kuepsakkung loe, Sithaw ni.
O God, who vindicates me and who subdues the people under me, my liberator from my enraged enemies.
48 Ka misanawk thung hoiah anih mah ang pahlong; ue, ka misanawk ranuiah kai nang toengh tahang: amrosak thaih kami ban thung hoiah nang pahlong.
And you will exalt me above those who rise up against me. From the iniquitous man, you will rescue me.
49 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.
Because of this, O Lord, I will confess to you among the nations, and I will compose a psalm to your name:
50 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.
magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring, even for all time.
