Salamo 17
1 Fivavak’ i Davida.
A prayer of David. Listen, O Lord of my righteousness, attend to my petition; give ear to my prayer not [uttered] with deceitful lips.
2 Hivoaka avy eo anatrehanao ny fitsarana ahy; ny masonao hijery marina.
Let my judgment come forth from your presence; let mine eyes behold righteousness.
3 Nizaha toetra ny foko Hianao, namantatra ahy nony alina; nizaha toetra ahy tamin’ ny memy Hianao, fa tsy nahita na inona na inona; ny vavako tsy hafa noho ny eritreritro.
You has proved mine heart; you have visited [me] by night; you have tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me: [I am purposed] that my mouth shall not speak [amiss].
4 Ny amin’ ny asan’ ny olona, dia ny tenin’ ny molotrao no nitandremako tsy ho amin’ ny lalan’ ny mpanao an-keriny.
As for the works of men, by the words of your lips I have guarded [myself from] hard ways.
5 Ny diako maharitra eo amin’ ny lalanao, tsy solafaka ny tongotro.
Direct my steps in your paths, that my steps slip not.
6 Izaho miantso Anao, ka mamaly ahy Hianao, Andriamanitra ô; atongilano amiko ny sofinao, ka henoy ny teniko.
I have cried, for you heard me, O God: incline your ear to me, and listen to my words.
7 Ataovy mahagaga ny famindram-ponao, ry Mpamonjy amin’ ny tananao ankavanana izay olona mialoka aminao, mba tsy ho azon’ ny fahavalo.
Show the marvels of your mercies, you that save them that hope in you.
8 Arovy tahaka ny anakandriamaso aho, afeno ao ambanin’ ny aloky ny elatrao,
Keep me as the apple of the eye from those that resist your right hand: you shall screen me by the covering of your wings,
9 Mba tsy ho azon’ ny ratsy fanahy izay mampahory ahy, dia ny fahavaloko masiaka, izay manodidina ahy.
from the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me: mine enemies have compassed about my soul.
10 Efa mihirim-belona izy; teny miavonavona no aloaky ny vavany.
They have enclosed [themselves with] their own fat: their mouth has spoken pride.
11 Manodidina anay amin’ ny alehanay ankehitriny izy, Vandrininy hapotrany amin’ ny tany izahay;
They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes [so as] to bow them down to the ground.
12 Ny fijery azy dia tahaka ny liona noana ta-hamiravira, sy tahaka ny liona tanora mamitsaka ao am-pierena.
They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion's whelp dwelling in secret [places].
13 Mitsangàna, Jehovah ô, sakano izy, aripaho izy; vonjeo amin’ ny sabatrao ny fanahiko tsy ho azon’ ny ratsy fanahy;
Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down: deliver my soul from the ungodly: [draw] your sword,
14 Vonjeo amin’ ny tananao aho, Jehovah ô, mba tsy ho azon’ ny olon’ izao tontolo izao, izay manana ny anjarany amin’ izao fiainana izao, sady fenoinao ny harenao ny kibony; Maro anaka izy, dia mamela ny fananany be ho an’ ny zanany madinika.
because of the enemies of your hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with your hidden [treasures]: they have been satisfied with uncleanness, and have left the remnant [of their possessions] to their babes.
15 Fa izaho kosa, dia aoka hahita ny tavanao amin’ ny fahamarinana; aoka ny endrikao no hahafa-po ahy, raha mifoha.
But I shall appear in righteousness before your face: I shall be satisfied when your glory appears.
