< Tingtoeng 3 >
1 [A capa Absalom hmai lamkah a yong vaengah David kah tingtoeng] Aw BOEIPA, badongah kai taengah aka tlai, ka rhal he muep a pung.
Yahweh, I have many enemies [DOU]! There are many people who oppose/rebel against me.
2 “Pathen lamkah khangnah tah anih ham moenih,” tila ka hinglu he muep a thui uh. (Selah)
Many people are saying about me, “God will [certainly] not help him!”
3 Tedae, BOEIPA nang tah kai taengah photling, ka thangpomnah neh ka lu aka pomsang la na om.
But Yahweh, you are like a shield [that protects me] [MET]. You greatly honor me, and you encourage me (OR, enable me to triumph over my enemies) [IDM].
4 BOEIPA te ka ol neh ka khue vaengah, a tlang cim lamloh kai n'doo. (Selah)
I cry out to you, Yahweh, and you answer me from [Zion], your sacred hill.
5 Kai he BOEIPA loh n'duel dongah, ka yalh tih ka ip dae koep ka haenghang,
[At night] I lie down and sleep, and I awake [in the morning feeling good/refreshed] because you, Yahweh, (take care of/protect) me [all during the night].
6 Ka pilnam a thawng a sang aka pai khoep te ka rhih mahpawh.
There may be thousands of [enemy] soldiers who surround me, but I am not afraid.
7 Aw ka BOEIPA Pathen thoo laeh! namah loh ka thunkha te boeih na ngawn tih, halang rhoek kah kamken no khaw na thuk dongah kai he n'khang laeh.
Yahweh, arise! My God, [come and] rescue me [again]! You [insult] my enemies by slapping them on their cheeks; [when you strike them], you break their teeth, [with the result that they cannot hurt anyone] [MET].
8 Khangnah he BOEIPA taengkah ni. Nang kah yoethennah loh na pilnam soah om saeh. (Selah)
Yahweh, you are the one who saves your people [from their enemies]. Yahweh, bless your people!