Sòm 56

1 Pou chèf sanba yo. Se pou yo chante sou lè chante ki di: Pijon ki sou pye terebent byen lwen yo. Se yon chante David te ekri lè moun Filisti yo te mete men sou li nan lavil Gat. Bondye papa mwen! Gen pitye pou mwen, paske mwen gen anpil moun k'ap pousib mwen. Tout lajounen y'ap fè m' lagè, y'ap toumante mwen.

Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting all the day long he oppresses me.

2 Tout lajounen lènmi m' yo ap pousib mwen. Se pa ti anpil yo anpil, moun k'ap fè m' lagè yo.

My enemies would swallow me up all the day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

3 Bondye ki anwo nan syèl la, lè mwen pè, se nan ou mwen mete tout konfyans mwen.

What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

4 Mwen gen konfyans nan Bondye. M'ap fè lwanj pawòl li. Mwen pa pè anyen. Kisa lèzòm ka fè m'?

In God I will praise his word. In God I have put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

5 Tout lajounen y'ap manke m' dega. Se yon sèl lide yo gen nan tèt yo: se fè mwen mal!

All the day long they wrest my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 Yo mete tèt yo ansanm, yo kache kò yo, y'ap veye tout vire tounen mwen. Y'ap tann okazyon konsa pou yo touye m'.

They gather themselves together. They hide themselves. They mark my steps, even as they have waited for my soul.

7 Pa gen sove pou yo, paske yo fè twòp. Lè ou an kòlè, Bondye, fè pèp yo vin ba devan ou.

Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

8 Ou konnen tout kouri kache mwen yo. Ou konnen jan dlo koule nan je m'. Eske tout sa pa ekri nan liv ou a?

Thou number my wanderings. Put thou my tears into thy bottle. Are they not in thy book?

9 Se poutèt sa lènmi m' yo gen pou kouri ale lè m' rele ou. Mwen konnen Bondye pou mwen.

Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I call. This I know, that God is for me.

10 M'ap fè lwanj pawòl Bondye. Wi, m'ap fè lwanj pawòl Seyè a.

In God I will praise his word. In Jehovah I will praise his word.

11 Mwen gen konfyans nan Bondye, mwen pa pè anyen. Kisa lèzòm ka fè mwen?

In God I have put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

12 O Bondye, m'ap ofri ou sa mwen te pwomèt ou yo, m'ap ofri bèt pou yo touye pou ou pou m' di ou mèsi.

Thy vows are upon me, O God. I will render thank offerings to thee.

13 Paske ou pa kite m' mouri, ou pa kite m' bite, pou m' kapab mache devan ou nan mitan bèl limyè k'ap klere moun k'ap viv pou ou yo.

For thou have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.