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.
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto 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: And he said, I will love thee, 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 rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.
3 Pakoeh han krah Sithaw to ka kawk han, anih mah ka misanawk ban thung hoiah na pahlong tih.
I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4 Duekhaih quinawk mah ang zaeng moe, Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk ih tuiphu mah zithaih hoiah ang ohsak.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented 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 distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.
7 Anih palungphui naah, long anghuen moe, tasoeh; maenawk ohhaih takung khoek to anghuen moe, angthuih.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
8 Anih ih hnah thung hoiah hmaikhue tacawt moe, anih pakha thung ih hmai mah kangh pongah, to ih hmaipalai hoiah hmai to amngaeh.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
9 Anih mah van to takoih moe, pahnaem tathuk; kaving loe anih ih khok tlim ah oh.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet.
10 Anih loe Cherubim nuiah angthueng moe, azawk: ue, anih loe takhi ih pakhraehnawk nuiah azawk.
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
11 Anih loe angmah anghawk haih hanah vinghaih to sak moe, kaving khak tuinawk hoi kathah van ih tamainawk mah anih to takui o.
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.
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 him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire.
13 Angraeng loe van ah doeh khopazihsak moe, Sang koek mah qaetui hoi hmai kamngaeh thlungnawk hanah lok a paek.
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.
14 Ue, anih loe angmah ih palaanawk to kah; tangphra a pueksak pongah, misanawk anghaehsak phang moe, a sungsak.
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
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 channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
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 above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
17 Anih mah kai hnuma kaminawk, kai han paroeai thacak, ka misanawk ban thung hoiah ang pahlong.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18 Kam rohaih niah nihcae mah ang maah o khoep; toe Angraeng loe ka buephaih ah oh.
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
19 Anih mah kalen parai imthung ah ang caeh haih; ka nuiah palung a tongh pongah, anih mah ang pahlong.
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 Angraeng mah ka toenghaih baktih toengah, tangqum to ang paek, ka ban ciimhaih baktih toengah atho ang paek let.
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21 Angraeng ih loklamnawk to ka pazui pongah, zaehaih sak hanah Sithaw to ka caeh taak ai.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from 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 [were] before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
23 A hmaa ah toenghaih hoiah kho ka sak moe, zaehaih to ka caeh taak.
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
24 To pongah ka toenghaih baktih, a mikhnuk ah ka ban ciimhaih baktih toengah, Angraeng mah tangqum to ang paek.
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25 Nang loe tahmen thaih kami khaeah tahmenhaih nam tuengsak moe, katoeng kami khaeah toenghaih to nam tuengsak;
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
26 Kaciim kami khaeah ciimhaih nam tuengsak moe, poek angkoih kami khaeah poek angkoihaih to nam tuegsak.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
27 Mi tlim ah khosah kaminawk to na pahlong; toe kasang ah mikpadai kaminawk loe na pakhrak tathuk.
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
28 Aw Angraeng, kai ih hmaithawk nang paaang pae, ka Angraeng Sithaw mah ka vinghaih hae na aangsak tih.
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will 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 by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped 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] God, his way [is] perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he [is] a buckler to all those that trust 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 save the LORD? or who [is] a rock save our God?
32 Sithaw mah thacakhaih kazii hoiah ang zaeng moe, ka caehhaih loklam to acungsak.
[It is] God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
33 Tasuk khok baktiah ka khok hae ang sak pae moe, ka ohhaih hmuensangnawk ah ang suek.
He maketh my feet like hinds’ [feet], and setteth me upon my high places.
34 Misatuk kop hanah ka ban ang patoh pae, to naah ni ka ban mah sum kalii to takoih thai vop.
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
35 Kai nang pakaa moe, na pahlonghaih to nang paek: na bantang ban hoiah nang zaeh moe, na tuinom hoihaih hoiah nang lensak boeh.
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
36 Ka caehhaih loklam to na kawksak pongah, ka khok hae amkhraeng thai ai.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
37 Ka misanawk ka patom moe, ka kae: nihcae amro ai karoek to kam laem let ai.
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
38 Nihcae loe ka khok tlim ah amtimh o: angthawk thai ai khoek to nihcae to ka tit.
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
39 Misatuk hanah thacakhaih kazii hoiah nang zaeng; ka misanawk ka khok tlim ah na kuepsak.
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40 Kai hnuma kaminawk ka hum thai hanah, ka misanawk ih tahnongnawk doeh nang paek.
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
41 Nihcae loe hang o, toe pahlongkung tawn o ai; Angraeng khaeah a hang o, toe anih mah pathim pae ai.
They cried, but [there was] none to save [them: even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
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.
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt 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.
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; [and] thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people [whom] I have not known shall serve me.
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.
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
45 Panoek ai ih kaminawk loe palung boeng o moe, angmacae ohhaih ahmuen hoi tasoehhaih hoiah angzoh o.
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
46 Angraeng loe hing! Ka lungsong loe tahamhoihaih om nasoe! Kai pahlongkung Sithaw loe, pakoehhaih om nasoe.
The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
47 Kai hanah lulak moe, kaminawk kai tlim ah kuepsakkung loe, Sithaw ni.
[It is] God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
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.
He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
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.
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy 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.
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
