Salamo 56

1 Tretrezo iraho ry Andrianañahare; fa lialia’ ondatio; forekeke’e amañ’aly handro am-pohatse.

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

2 Te handialia ahy lomoñandro o mivoñoñ’ ahikoo; amy te maro ty mifandrava amako, ry Andindimoneñey.

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

3 Amy andro mampangebahebak’ ahy, Ihe ty hiatoako,

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

4 Aman’Andrianañahare —handrengeako o tsara’eo— fa iatoako t’i Andrianañahare, tsy ho hemban-draho; inoñe ty hanoe’ o nofotseo amako.

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 Embere’ iereo lomoñandro o fitoloñakoo; fikitrohan-draty avao ty ereñeren-tro’iareo.

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

6 Mifañosoñe iereo, mietake, mitinoñe ty liako; mandiñe hitsepake ty fiaiko.

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

7 Ty hatsivokara’ iareo—tsy hipoliotse. Aretsaho an-kaviñerañe ondatio, ry Andrianañahare.

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

8 Fa vinolili’o o firererereakoo; apoho an-jonjò’o ao o ranomasokoo; tsy amy boke’oy hao irezay?

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

9 Hitolike amy zao o rafelahikoo, amy andro kanjiekoy, Zao ty rendreko, te mpañimb’ ahy t’i Andrianañahare,

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

10 I Andrianañahare ro andrengeako o tsara’eo, Iehovà ro añonjonako o saontsi’eo.

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

11 I Andrianañahare ro fiatoako, tsy ho hemban-draho, inoñe ty hanoe’ ondaty amako.

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

12 Havahako o nifantàkoo, ry Andrianañahare; hañenga fañandriañañe ama’o.

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

13 Amy te vinotso’o ty fiaiko tsy hikenkañe; Eka! o tomboko tsy hitsikapy, ie hijelanjelañe añatrefan’Añahare eo an-kazavan-kaveloñe.

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.