¹Laulujuhatajale: Issanda sulase Taaveti laul. Taavet rääkis selle laulu sõnad Issandale sel ajal, kui Issand oli ta päästnud kõigi ta vaenlaste käest ja Sauli käest.

²Siis ta ütles: 'Sind ma armastan südamest, Issand, mu vägi!

²Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

³Issand on mu kalju, mu mäelinnus ja mu päästja; mu Jumal on mu kalju, kus ma pelgupaika otsin, mu kilp ja abisarv, mu kõrge varjupaik!

³I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.

⁴'Kiidetud olgu Issand!' nõnda ma hüüan, ja ma pääsen oma vaenlaste käest.

⁴The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁵Surma köidikud piirasid mind ja nurjatuse jõed tegid mulle hirmu.

⁵The cords of Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. were around me. The snares of death came on me.

⁶Surmavalla köied ümbritsesid mind, surma võrgud sattusid mu ette.

⁶In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.

⁷Oma kitsikuses ma hüüdsin Issandat ja kisendasin oma Jumala poole. Ta kuulis mu häält oma templist ja mu appihüüd jõudis ta palge ette, ta kõrvu.

⁷Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.

⁸Siis värises ja vabises maa, mägede alused kõikusid ja põrusid üksteise vastu, sest ta viha süttis.

⁸Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

⁹Suits tõusis ta sõõrmeist ja tuli ta suust oli neelamas, tulised söed lõõmasid tema seest.

⁹He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.

¹⁰Ta vajutas taeva ja tuli maha, ja ta jalge all oli tume pilv.

¹⁰He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.

¹¹Ta sõitis keerubi peal ja lendas ning ta hõljus tuule tiibadel.

¹¹He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

¹²Ta pani enesele katteks pimeduse, majaks enda ümber mustavad veed, paksud pilved.

¹²At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.

¹³Kumast lõhkesid pilved ta ees, sadas rahet ja tuliseid süsi.

¹³Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.

¹⁴Issand müristas taevast ja Kõigekõrgem andis kuulda oma häält rahe ja tuliste sütega.

¹⁴He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them.

¹⁵Ta heitis oma nooli ja pillutas neid, lõi kangesti välku, ja pani need sähvima.

¹⁵Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

¹⁶Siis said nähtavaks vete sügavused ja maailma alused paljastusid sinu sõitluse läbi, Issand, sinu sõõrmete tuule puhangust.

¹⁶He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.

¹⁷Ta ulatas kõrgusest käe, ta võttis minu, ta tõmbas mu välja suurest veest.

¹⁷He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

¹⁸Ta päästis minu mu tugeva vaenlase käest, mu vihkajate käest, sest nad olid vägevamad minust.

¹⁸They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.

¹⁹Nad tulid mu kallale mu õnnetuse päeval, aga Issand oli mulle toeks.

¹⁹He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

²⁰Ta tõi mu välja lagedale, ta päästis minu, sest tal oli minust hea meel.

²⁰Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.

²¹Issand teeb mulle head mu õigust mööda, ta tasub mulle mu käte puhtust mööda.

²¹For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

²²Sest ma hoidsin Issanda teid ega taganenud õelasti Jumalast.

²²For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.

²³Sest kõik ta määrused on mu ees, ma ei ole hüljanud tema seadlusi.

²³I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁴Ma olin laitmatu tema ees ja hoidusin pahateost.

²⁴Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵Seepärast Issand tasus mulle mu õigust mööda, mu käte puhtust mööda tema silma ees.

²⁵With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

²⁶Heldele sa osutad heldust, laitmatu mehe vastu sa oled laitmatu;

²⁶With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

²⁷puhta vastu sa oled puhas ja kõvera vastu sa osutud keeruliseks.

²⁷For you will save the afflicted people, but the haughty eyes you will bring down.

²⁸Sest sina päästad viletsa rahva, aga alandad suurelised silmad.

²⁸For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.

²⁹Sest sina süütad mu lambi; Issand, mu Jumal, valgustab mu pimedust.

²⁹For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.

³⁰Sest sinuga ma jooksen väehulga kallale, oma Jumalaga ma hüppan üle müüri.

³⁰As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

³¹Jumala tee on laitmatu, Issanda kõne on sulatatud puhtaks; tema on kilbiks kõigile, kes tema juures pelgupaika otsivad.

³¹For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,

³²Sest kes on Jumal peale Issanda? Ja kes muu on kalju, kui mitte meie Jumal?

³³See on Jumal, kes paneb rammu mu vööle ja teeb laitmatuks mu tee.

³³He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places.

³⁴Ta teeb mu jalad emahirve jalgade sarnaseks ja paneb mind seisma mu kõrgustikele.

³⁴He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

³⁵Ta õpetab mu käsi sõdima ja mu käsivart vaskambu vinnastama.

³⁵You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.

³⁶Sa annad mulle oma päästekilbi, su parem käsi toetab mind, su abi teeb mind suureks.

³⁶You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.

³⁷Sa teed maa avaraks mu sammule, et mu luupeksed ei libiseks.

³⁷I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.

³⁸Ma tahan jälitada oma vaenlasi ja nad kätte saada ega taha tulla tagasi enne, kui olen teinud neile lõpu.

³⁸I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.

³⁹Ma tahan nad purustada, nõnda et nad ei saa tõusta, vaid langevad mu jalge alla.

³⁹For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

⁴⁰Sa vöötad mind rammuga sõja jaoks, sa surud maha mu alla need, kes tõusevad mu vastu.

⁴⁰You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.

⁴¹Sa pöörad minu poole mu vaenlaste selja, ma hävitan oma vihamehed.

⁴¹They cried, but there was none to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.

⁴²Nad hüüavad appi, aga päästjat ei ole; nad hüüavad Issanda poole, aga tema ei vasta neile.

⁴²Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.

⁴³Nüüd ma hõõrun nad pihuks nagu tolmu tuule ees; ma põrmustan nad nagu tänavate pori.

⁴³You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

⁴⁴Sina päästad mind rahva riidlemistest; sa sead mind rahvaste peaks. Hõimud, keda ma ei tunne, hakkavad mind orjama.

⁴⁴As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.

⁴⁵Kuuldes minust nad kuulevad mu sõna, võõra rahva lapsed meelitavad mind.

⁴⁵The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their close places.

⁴⁶Võõra rahva lapsed nõrkevad ja väljuvad värisedes oma linnustest.

⁴⁶Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,

⁴⁷Issand elab, kiidetud olgu mu kalju! Ülistatud olgu mu päästmise Jumal,

⁴⁷even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.

⁴⁸Jumal, kes mulle annab kättemaksu ja alistab mulle rahvad!

⁴⁸He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

⁴⁹Sina, kes mind päästad mu vaenlaste käest, sa ülendad mu mulle vastuhakkajate üle ja vabastad mu vägivallameeste käest.

⁴⁹Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.

⁵⁰Sellepärast ma tahan, Issand, sind tänada rahvaste seas ja laulda kiitust su nimele.

⁵⁰He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, forevermore.

⁵¹Sina teed suureks oma kuninga võidud ning osutad heldust oma võitule, Taavetile ja tema soole igavesti!'