¹{A Prayer of David.} Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy.

¹ Dawda adduwa fo no. Ya Rabbi, ma ni hanga jeeri ka tu ay se, Zama ay ya taabante no, da moorikoy mo.

²Keep my soul, for I am godly; O thou my God, save thy servant who confideth in thee.

² M'ay fundo hallasi, zama ay ya ni ganako no. Ya ay Irikoyo, ma ni tamo kaŋ goono ga de ni gaa faaba.

³Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee do I call all the day.

³ Ya ay Koyo, ma te ay se gomni goy, Zama zaari me-a-me ni gaa no ay ga hẽ.

⁴Rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

⁴ Ya ay Koyo, ma ni tamo bina kaanandi, Zama ni gaa no ay g'ay bina ye.

⁵For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee.

⁵ Zama nin, ya ay Koyo, ni ya booriyankoy no kaŋ go soolante yaafa teeyaŋ se. Ni ya baakasinay suuji boobokoy mo no, Borey kulu kaŋ yaŋ ga ni ce se.

⁶Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.

⁶ Ya Rabbi, ma hanga jeeri ay adduwa se, Ma hangan mo ay ŋwaaray-ŋwaarayyaŋey jinda se.

⁷In the day of my distress I will call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me.

⁷ Ay taabi zaaro ra ay ga ni ce, zama ni ga tu ay se.

⁸Among the gods there is none like unto thee, Lord, and there is nothing like unto thy works.

⁸ Ya ay Koyo, ni cine si no de-koyey game ra, Ni goyey cine mo si no.

⁹All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name.

⁹ Ya Irikoy, dumey kulu kaŋ ni te ga kaa ka sududu ni jine, I ma ni maa no darza mo.

¹⁰For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God, thou alone.

¹⁰ Zama ni ya Beeraykoy no, Dambara goy teeko, ni hinne no ga ti Irikoy.

¹¹Teach me thy way, Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

¹¹ Ya Rabbi, m'ay dondonandi ni fonda, Ay mo, ay ma dira ni cimo ra. M'ay bina sasabandi a ma humburu ni maa.

¹²I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

¹² Ya ay Koyo, ay Irikoyo, Ay bina kulu no ay ga ni saabu nd'a, Ay ma ni maa darzandi mo hal abada.

¹³For great is thy loving-kindness toward me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

¹³ Zama ni baakasinay suujo ya ibambata no ay do haray, Ni n'ay fundo faaba ka kaa Alaahara ganda ra.

¹⁴O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assembly of the violent seek after my soul, and they have not set thee before them.

¹⁴ Ya Irikoy, boŋbeeraykoyey tun ay se, Toonyante sata mo n'ay fundo ceeci, I mana ni daŋ ngey jine.

¹⁵But thou, Lord, art a ùGod merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth.

¹⁵ Amma nin wo, ya ay Koyo, Ni ya Irikoy suuji nda gomnikoy no, Kaŋ ga suuru hala ni ga futu, Ni ya baakasinay suuji nda cimi yulwante Koy no.

¹⁶Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

¹⁶ Ma bare ay do haray ka gomni te ay se. Ma ni gaabo no ay, ni tamo se ka ni koŋŋa izo faaba.

¹⁷Shew me a token for good, that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed; for thou, Jehovah, hast helped me and comforted me.

¹⁷ Ma booriyaŋ alaama cab'ay se mo, Zama borey kaŋ yaŋ wangu ay ma di a. I ma haaw mo, zama nin, ya Rabbi, Ni n'ay gaa, ni n'ay kunfa mo.