Sòm 18
1 Pou chèf sanba yo. Se chante sa a David, sèvitè Seyè a, te chante pou Bondye lè Bondye te delivre l' anba Sayil ansanm ak tout lòt lènmi l' yo. Ala renmen mwen renmen ou, Seyè! Se ou menm ki tout fòs mwen.
[For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of YHWH, who spoke to YHWH the words of this song in the day that YHWH delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, ] I love you, YHWH, my strength.
2 Se ou menm ki twou wòch kote m' kache a. Se ou menm ki sèvi m' ranpa. Se ou menm ki delivre m'. Ou se Bondye mwen, se ou menm ki pwoteje m'. Se nan ou mwen mete tout konfyans mwen. Se ou ki tout defans mwen. Se fòs ou k'ap sove m'. Se anba zèl ou mwen jwenn kote pou m' kache.
YHWH is my Rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my Rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
3 Mwen rele Seyè a: Li delivre m' anba lènmi m' yo. Lwanj pou Seyè a!
I call on YHWH, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
4 Lanmò te fin vlope m'. Mwen te pè lè m' wè tout malè sa yo tonbe sou mwen.
The waves of death surrounded me, and the currents of ungodliness overwhelmed me.
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me. (Sheol h7585)
6 Nan mizè mwen te ye a, mwen rele nan pye Seyè a. Mwen mande Bondye m' lan sekou. Kote l' chita lakay li a, li tande vwa mwen, rèl mwen rive jouk nan zòrèy li.
In my distress I called upon YHWH, and cried out to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry before him came into his ears.
7 Lè sa a, latè pran tranble, li souke. Mòn yo pran tranble jouk nan rasin yo. Yon sèl frison pran yo, paske Bondye te ankòlè!
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
8 Lafimen t'ap soti nan twou nen li. Yon gwo flanm dife ak moso chabon tou limen t'ap soti nan bouch li.
Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
9 Li bese syèl la, li desann avè yon gwo nwaj nwa anba pye li.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
10 Li moute sou do yon zanj cheriben, li t'ap vole. Yon kouran van t'ap pouse l' ale.
He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
11 Li te kache kò l' nan fènwa. Yon gwo nwaj pwès, plen dlo, te vlope l' toupatou.
He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy around him thick clouds dark with water.
12 Anpil lagrèl ak anpil chabon dife t'ap soti nan gwo limyè ki t'ap klere devan l' lan.
From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed on, with hailstones and coals of fire.
13 Seyè a pran gwonde nan syèl la. Bondye ki anwo nan syèl la fè tout moun tande vwa li.
YHWH also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice.
14 Li voye flèch li yo, li gaye tout lènmi m' yo. Li fè yo tout kouri ak kout zèklè.
And he sent out arrows and scattered them, and he shot lightning bolts and routed them.
15 Lè ou ankòlè, Seyè, van yo soti ak fòs nan twou nen ou. Lè konsa moun wè fon lanmè a, fondasyon tè a parèt aklè.
And the depths of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, YHWH, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
16 Seyè a rete nan syèl la, li lonje men l', li pran m'. Li rale m' soti nan gwo dlo yo kote m' te ye a.
He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.
17 Li delivre m' anba gwo lènmi m' yo, anba tout moun sa yo ki te rayi m' epi ki te pi fò pase m'.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
18 Lè m' te nan tray, yo pwofite atake m'. Men, Seyè a te soutni m'.
They came on me in the day of my calamity, but YHWH was my support.
19 Li wete m' nan move pa a. Li delivre m' paske li renmen mwen.
He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 Seyè a ban m' rekonpans mwen, paske li wè m' mache dwat devan li. Li ban m' benediksyon, paske li wè mwen inonsan.
YHWH has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
21 Mwen te obeyi lalwa Seyè a, mwen pa vire do bay Bondye m' lan pou m' fè sa ki mal.
For I have kept the ways of YHWH, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 Mwen fè tou sa ki nan lalwa li, mwen pa janm dezobeyi kòmandman li yo.
For all his ordinances were before me. I did not put away his statutes from me.
23 Li konnen mwen pa antò. Mwen kenbe kò m' pou m' pa fè sa ki mal.
I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
24 Se konsa li ban m' rekonpans mwen, paske mwen mache dwat devan li, paske li wè mwen inonsan.
Therefore YHWH has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25 Ou menm, Seyè, ou kenbe pawòl ou ak moun ki kenbe pawòl yo. Ou bon ak moun ki bon.
With the faithful you show yourself faithful. With the innocent you show yourself innocent.
26 Ou pa fè ipokrit ak moun ki pa fè ipokrit avè ou, men ou malen ak moun ki malen.
With the pure you show yourself pure. And with the crooked you show yourself tortuous.
27 Ou delivre moun ki soumèt devan ou, men ou desann moun ki konprann yo pa kanmarad pesonn.
For you will save a humble people, but the eyes of the proud you will bring low.
28 Seyè, ou se limyè mwen, ou se Bondye mwen. Se ou ki wete m' nan fènwa kote m' te ye a.
For you light my lamp. YHWH my God lights up my darkness.
29 Avè ou, mwen fonse sou bann lènmi m' yo ki ame jouk nan dan. Avèk ou, mwen eskalade miray ki sèvi yo defans.
For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
30 Bondye oo! Tou sa ou fè bon nèt ale. Ou toujou kenbe pawòl ou. Ou pwoteje tout moun ki chache pwoteksyon anba zèl ou.
As for God, his way is perfect. The word of YHWH is pure. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
31 Ki moun ki Bondye si se pa Seyè a? Ki moun ki pran defans nou si se pa Bondye nou an?
For who is God, except YHWH? Who is a rock, besides our God,
32 Se Bondye ki ban m' fòs, li fè m' mennen yon vi san repwòch.
the God who girds me with strength, and makes my way blameless?
33 Li asire pye m' tankou pye kabrit. Li fè m' mache sou mòn yo, san m' pa tonbe.
He makes my feet like deer's feet, and sets me on my high places.
34 Li moutre m' jan pou m' goumen. Li ban m' fòs pou m' sèvi ak pi gwo banza ki genyen.
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
35 Se ou menm, Seyè, ki pwoteje m'. Se ou ki delivre m'. Si m' kapab leve kanpe, se paske ou renmen m'. Pouvwa ou pa kite m' tonbe.
You have also given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand holds me up, and your help has made me great.
36 Ou pa kite yo bare wout mwen. Mwen pa janm pèdi pye.
You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
37 Mwen kouri dèyè lènmi m' yo, mwen jwenn yo. Mwen pa tounen jouk tan mwen pa fin kraze yo nèt.
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and I did not turn back until they were destroyed.
38 Mwen jete yo atè, yo pa ka leve. Yo tonbe, mwen mete pye m' sou kou yo.
I struck them through, so that they did not rise. They fell beneath my feet.
39 Ou ban m' kont fòs pou batay la. Ou fè lènmi m' yo mande m' padon.
For you have equipped me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
40 Ou fè lènmi m' yo kouri devan m'. Mwen disparèt tout moun ki rayi m' yo.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
41 Y'ap rele, y'ap mande sekou. Men, pa gen moun ki ka delivre yo! Y'ap rele Seyè a, men li pa reponn yo.
They cried, but there was none to save; even to YHWH, but he did not answer them.
42 Mwen kraze yo, yo tout tounen pousyè van pote yo ale. Mwen mache sou yo tankou sou labou nan lari.
Then I ground them as fine as the dust on the surface of a path. Like the mud in the streets, I trampled them.
43 Ou delivre m' anba pèp rebèl sa a. Ou mete m' chèf pou m' gouvènen sou tout nasyon yo. Pèp mwen pa t' janm konnen, se yo menm k'ap sèvi m'.
You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
44 Moun lòt peyi yo ap flate m'. Kou yo tande vwa m', yo obeyi:
As soon as they hear of me they obey me. Foreigners come cringing to me;
45 Yo pèdi tout kouraj yo. Yo soti kote yo te kache a, y'ap tranble kou fèy bwa.
they are not bound in chains.
46 Viv Seyè a! Lwanj pou moun ki pran defans mwen an! Se Bondye ki delivre mwen! Ann fè konnen jan li gen pouvwa!
YHWH lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
47 Se Bondye ki pran revanj mwen. Se li ki mete pèp yo anba pye mwen.
even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
48 Li sove m' anba lènmi m' yo. Li wete m' anba men moun ki t'ap konbat mwen yo. Ou delivre m' anba ansasen yo.
He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
49 Se poutèt sa, Seyè, m'a fè moun lòt nasyon yo konnen ki moun ou ye. M'a chante pou fè lwanj ou.
Therefore I will praise you, YHWH, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.
50 Bondye delivre wa li a anpil fwa. Li moutre jan li pa janm sispann renmen David, moun li te chwazi a, ansanm ak pitit pitit li yo pou tout tan.
He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his descendants, until forever.
