Sòm 71
1 Seyè, se nan ou mwen mete tout konfyans mwen! Pa janm kite m' wont!
In You, O YHWH, I have trusted, Do not let me be disappointed for all time.
2 Ou se yon jij ki pa nan patipri. Tanpri, sove m' non, delivre mwen. Panche zòrèy ou bò kote m'. Pote m' sekou!
You deliver me in Your righteousness, And cause me to escape, Incline Your ear to me, and save me.
3 Se ou menm ki twou wòch kote pou m' kache. Se ou menm ki pou sèvi m' ranpa ki pou sove mwen. Se ou menm k'ap pwoteje mwen. Se ou menm k'ap pran defans mwen.
Be a rock to me—a habitation, To go in continually, You have given command to save me, For You [are] my rock and my bulwark.
4 Bondye mwen, wete m' anba men mechan yo, anba ponyèt moun k'ap bay manti yo ak moun k'ap fè mechanste yo.
O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.
5 Seyè, se ou menm ki tout espwa mwen. Mwen mete konfyans mwen nan ou depi lè m' te jenn gason.
For You [are] my hope, O Lord YHWH, My trust from my youth.
6 Se sou ou mwen konte depi m' fèt. Se ou ki fè m' soti nan vant manman m'. Se tout tan m'ap fè lwanj ou.
I have been supported from the womb by You, You cut me out from my mother’s bowels, My praise [is] continually in You.
7 Lavi m' se yon mistè pou anpil moun. Men, se ou menm k'ap pwoteje m' ak tout fòs ou.
I have been as a wonder to many, And You [are] my strong refuge.
8 Tout lajounen lwanj ou nan bouch mwen. M'ap fè konnen jan ou gen pouvwa.
My mouth is filled [with] Your praise, All the day [with] Your beauty.
9 Koulye a mwen fin granmoun, tanpri pa voye m' jete. Koulye a mwen fin pèdi fòs, pa lage m'.
Do not cast me off at the time of old age, Do not forsake me according to the consumption of my power.
10 Lènmi m' yo ap pale m' mal. Yo mete tèt yo ansanm, yo dèyè pou yo touye m'.
For my enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,
11 Y'ap plede di: -Bondye lage l'. Kouri dèyè l', kenbe l', paske pa gen moun pou delivre l'.
Saying, “God has forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.”
12 Bondye, pa rete lwen mwen. Bondye mwen, prese vin pote m' sekou.
O God, do not be far from me, O my God, make haste for my help.
13 Se pou moun k'ap atake m' yo wont, se pou yo disparèt. Wi, se pou yo wont, se pou moun pase yo nan rizib, moun sa yo ki te vle wè malè rive mwen.
They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered [with] reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,
14 M'ap toujou mete espwa mwen sou ou. M'ap fè lwanj ou tout tan tout tan.
And I continually wait with hope, And have added to all Your praise.
15 M'ap fè konnen jan ou san patipri. Tout lajounen m'a fè konnen jan ou delivre mwen, paske se bagay moun p'ap janm fin konprann.
My mouth recounts Your righteousness, All the day Your salvation, For I have not known the numbers.
16 Seyè, Bondye, m'a rakonte bagay ou fè avèk pouvwa ou. M'a fè chonje jan ou fè lèzòm gras. Se ou menm sèlman ki ka fè bagay konsa.
I come in [the] might of Lord YHWH, I mention Your righteousness—Yours alone.
17 Bondye, depi lè m' te jenn gason w'ap aprann mwen anpil bagay. Jouk koulye a m'ap rakonte bèl bagay ou fè yo.
God, You have taught me from my youth, And until now I declare Your wonders.
18 Koulye a mwen fin vye granmoun, tout cheve nan tèt mwen fin blan. Tanpri, Bondye, pa lage m'. Kanpe la avè m' pou m' ka fè moun k'ap viv koulye a konnen jan ou gen fòs, pou m' ka fè tout moun ki gen pou vin apre yo konnen jan ou vanyan,
And also to old age and grey hairs, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to a generation, Your might to everyone that comes.
19 jan jistis ou rive jouk nan syèl la. Bondye, ou fè bèl bagay. Pa gen tankou ou!
And Your righteousness, O God, [is] to the heights, Because You have done great things, O God, who [is] like You?
20 Ou voye traka ak soufrans ban nou. Men se ou k'ap ban nou lavi ankò. W'ap rale nou soti nan bouch twou a.
Because You have showed me many and sad distresses, You turn back—You revive me, And from the depths of the earth, You turn back—You bring me up.
21 W'ap fè m' pi grannèg pase jan m' te ye a. W'ap konsole m' ankò.
You increase my greatness, And You surround—You comfort me,
22 Se vre wi, m'a fè lwanj ou avèk kout gita. M'a fè lwanj ou, Bondye mwen, paske w'ap toujou kenbe pawòl ou. M'a chante, m'a jwe mizik sou gita mwen pou Bondye pèp Izrayèl la.
I also thank You with a vessel of stringed instrument, Your truth, O my God, I sing to You with a harp, O Holy One of Israel,
23 M'a chante pou ou. M'a rele sitèlman mwen kontan. M'a chante ak tout kè m' paske ou te delivre m'.
My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to You, And my soul that You have redeemed,
24 Tout lajounen m'a fè konnen jan ou pa nan patipri, paske moun ki te vle wè malè rive m' yo gen pou yo wont. Yo p'ap konn sa pou yo fè.
My tongue also utters Your righteousness all the day, Because ashamed—because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!
