Psalms 35
1 Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
[Oelhtaih vaengkah David kah] Aw BOEIPA, kai aka nen ka lungawn te han nen lah.
2 Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.
Kai bomnah ham photling neh photlinglen te muk lamtah thoo lah.
3 Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
Kai aka hloem rhoek te caai neh khoh lamtah sulbung neh ham mah lah. Ka hinglu taengah, “Kai tah nang kah khangnah ni,” ti nah saeh.
4 May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
Ka hinglu aka mae rhoek he yahpok saeh lamtah a hmaithae uh saeh. Kai a thae la aka moeh rhoek te a hnuk la balkhong uh saeh lamtah ngam uh saeh.
5 May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
Khohli dong kah cangkik bangla om uh saeh lamtah BOEIPA kah puencawn loh hawk nawn saeh.
6 May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
Amih kah longpuei te hmaisuep neh longhnal la om saeh lamtah BOEIPA kah puencawn loh amih te hloem saeh.
7 For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
A tloengtlaih van la kai ham lawk a tung uh tih ka hinglu ham vaam a too uh.
8 May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
Anih kah a ming mueh la khohli rhamrhael loh kae saeh lamtah lawk a tung te amah man saeh. Anih taengah khohli rhamrhael la tlak thil saeh.
9 Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.
Te vaengah ka hinglu loh BOEIPA ah omngaih vetih amah kah khangnah dongah ngaingaih ni.
10 All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
Ka rhuh ka rhong boeih loh, Mangdaeng te amah lakah tlungluen kut lamkah, mangdaeng neh khodaeng te khaw anih aka rheth kut lamkah “BOEIPA nang bangla aka huul te unim?” ti uh saeh.
11 Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
Kuthlahnah kah laipai rhoek te ha tlai uh tih kai loh ka ming mueh te n'dawt uh.
12 They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
Ka hinglu kah polpainah ham a then yueng la boethae neh kai n'thuung uh.
13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
Tedae kai tah amih te tloh a nue vaengah tlamhni ka pueinak nah. Ka hinglu he yaehnah neh ka phaep vaengah ka thangthuinah loh ka kodang la ha bal.
14 I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
Paya bangla ka manuca bangla ka ngai. A nu kah rhahdoe cangpoem bangla ka van tih kopang doela lu ka singling.
15 But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
Tedae ka cungdonah te ko a khah uh tih tingtun uh. Hlanghaeng rhoek loh ka ming pawt vaengah ka taengah tingtun uh. Kai n'hliphen uh vaengah toeng uh pawh.
16 Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
Lailak loh kai he buh bangla tamdaengtamkha neh a no n'tah thil uh.
17 How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
Aw Boeipa, mevaeng hil nim nan sawt sut ve? Ka hinglu he khohli rhamrhael lamloh, ka oingaih cangloeng te sathuengca kut lamloh han doek lah.
18 Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
Hlangping a yet taengah nang kan uem vetih pilnam rhaengpuei lakli ah nang kan thangthen ni.
19 Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
A hong mai khaw ka thunkha rhoek loh kai dongah n'kokhah uh tih a lunglilungla la kai aka hmuhuet loh a mik m'mikhip thil boel saeh.
20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
Rhoepnah a thui uh mueh la khohmuen he dingsuek tila thailatnah ol te a moeh uh.
21 They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
Te dongah kai taengah a ka a ang uh tih, “Ahuei! ahuei! mamih mik loh a hmuh coeng,” a ti uh.
22 O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
Na hmuh coeng BOEIPA. Na hilphah boeh. Kai taeng lamkah n'lakhla tak boeh ka Boeipa.
23 Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
Kamah kah tuituknah dongah kai ka tiktamnah ham haenghang lamtah thoo laeh ka Pathen neh ka Boeipa.
24 Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
Ka BOEIPA Pathen aw, na duengnah neh kai n'tang sak lamtah kai soah a kokhap uh boel saeh.
25 Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
Amih lungbuei ah, “Ahuei, mamih hinglu soep coeng,” ti uh boel saeh. “Anih n'dolh uh coeng,” ti uh boel saeh.
26 May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
Kai kah yoethae aka omngaih puei rhoek te yak uh saeh lamtah a hmai tal uh saeh. Kai soah aka pomsang rhoek te yahpohnah neh mingthae loh khuk saeh.
27 May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
Kai kah duengnah aka omtoem rhoek loh tamhoe uh lamtah a kohoe uh saeh. Te dongah a sal kah ngaimongnah aka omtoem “BOEIPA tah pomsang pai saeh,” ti uh yoeyah saeh.
28 Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
Te vaengah na duengnah neh namah koehnah te ka olka loh hnin at puet thuep saeh.
