¹{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam.} Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?

¹ Doonkoy jine bora se. I m'a doon da subo kaŋ ga ne: «Ma si halaci». Dawda baytu fo no.

²Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

² Ya ciitikoy, adilitaray no araŋ goono ga salaŋ wo? Araŋ goono ga ciiti kaŋ ga saba te Adam-izey se, wala?

³The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

³ Abada! Araŋ biney ra haray araŋ goono ga adilitaray-jaŋay goy te. Araŋ goono g'araŋ kambey toonyeyaŋo neesi ndunnya ra.

⁴Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;

⁴ Boro laaley daray za gunde ra. Za i hayyaŋ gaa no i ga fonda taŋ, I goono ga tangari ci.

⁵Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.

⁵ I naajo, sanda gondi naaji no, I ga hima gazama mo kaŋ ga nga hanga daabu,

⁶O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

⁶ Nga kaŋ baa si nda gaddey jinde, I gadditaray waaniyaŋ kulu ra.

⁷Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:

⁷ Ya Irikoy, m'i hinjey bagu-bagu i meyey ra. Ya Rabbi, ma muusu izey hinje kuukey ceeri ka dagu!

⁸Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; [like] the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.

⁸ I ma dandi sanda hari kaŋ goono ga zuru nda waasi. D'a na nga hangawey dabu, I ma ciya sanda goso koonu no.

⁹Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, -- they shall be whirled away.

⁹ I ma ciya sanda lu kaŋ ga mandi ka bisa, Sanda wayboro gunde hasaraw, kaŋ mana di wayna.

¹⁰The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:

¹⁰ Hala araŋ kusey ga maa yanga danjo, Itayey da wo kaŋ goono ga di, i kulu care banda, Irikoy g'i ku da alma haw.

¹¹And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

¹¹ Adilante ga farhã d'a di banayaŋ, A ga nga cey nyun laalakoyey kuri ra.

¹² Hala borey ga ne: «Daahir adilante alhakku go no, Daahir Irikoy go no, nga kaŋ ga ciiti te ndunnya ra.»