Sòm 41

1 Pou chèf sanba yo. Se yon sòm David. Ala bon sa bon pou moun ki pran ka pòv yo! Seyè a va delivre l' lè la nan tray.

[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] Blessed is he who considers the poor and needy. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

2 Seyè a va pwoteje l', li p'ap kite l' mouri. L'ap fè l' viv ak kè kontan sou latè, li p'ap lage l' nan men lènmi l' yo pou yo fè sa yo vle avè l'.

The LORD will protect him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.

3 Seyè a va ba l' fòs lè maladi fè l' pran kabann. Seyè a va ba l' gerizon lè li malad kouche.

The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

4 Mwen menm, mwen te di: Seyè, gen pitye pou mwen. Geri mwen, paske mwen te peche kont ou.

I said, "LORD, have mercy on me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you."

5 Lènmi m' yo ap pale m' mal. Y'ap di: Kilè l'a mouri? Kilè y'a bliye l'?

My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"

6 Moun ki vin wè m' yo, se yon bann ipokrit. Se ranmase yo vin ranmase tout kalite move nouvèl. Soti yo soti, yo pwonmennen rakonte yo toupatou.

If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

7 Tout moun ki pa vle wè m' yo mete tèt yo ansanm pou pale nan zòrèy sou mwen. Yo kwè m' fini, nanpwen renmèd pou mwen. Y'ap fè yon pakèt vye lide sou mwen.

All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

8 Y'ap di: Msye kondannen. Kote l' kouche a, nanpwen leve pou li ankò.

"A wicked thing is poured out on him; and he who lies down will not rise again."

9 Ata pi bon zanmi m' lan, moun mwen te fè konfyans anpil la, moun ki te konn manje nan menm plat avè m' lan, ata li menm, li trayi m'.

Even my own close friend, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

10 Men ou menm, Seyè, gen pitye pou mwen. Mete m' sou de pye m' ankò, pou m' ka ba yo sa yo merite.

But you, LORD, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.

11 M'a konnen ou kontan avè m' vre si m' wè lènmi m' yo pa banboche sou do m'.

By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.

12 Wi, w'ap soutni m', paske mwen pa fè anyen ki mal. W'ap fè m' kanpe la devan ou pou tout tan.

As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

13 Ann fè lwanj Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la. Ann fè lwanj li pou tout tan. Amèn! Se vre!

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Amen and amen.