1Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
1 Dawda baytu fo no. Ya Rabbi, ma maa ay adduwa. Ma hanga jeeri ay ŋwaarayyaŋey se. Ma tu ay se ni naanayo da ni adilitara ra.
2Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.
2 Ma si kond'ay, ni tamo, ciiti do, Zama ni jine fundikooni si no kaŋ gonda adilitaray.
3For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
3 Zama ibara n'ay fundo gurzugandi, A n'ay fundo musay kala ganda. A n'ay gorandi kubay nangey ra, Sanda borey kaŋ yaŋ gay ka bu.
4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.
4 Woodin sabbay se no ay biya kasam ay ra, Ay bina mo goono ga dusu ay ganda ra.
5I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.
5 Ay go ga fongu waato jirbey, Ay goono ga fongu-fongu nda ni te-goyey kulu, Ay goono ga laakal da ni kambe goyey.
6I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
6 Ay g'ay kambey salle ni do haray, Ay fundo mo gonda ni jaw, sanda laabu kogo cine. (Wa dangay)
7Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.
7 Ya Rabbi, ma cahã ka tu ay se. Ay biya londi kulu bu. Ma si ni moyduma tugu ay se, Zama ay ma si ciya sanda borey kaŋ yaŋ ga zumbu ka do guusu ra.
8Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
8 Ma naŋ ay ma maa ni baakasinay suujo baaru susubay, Zama ni gaa no ay ga de. Ma naŋ ya bay fondo kaŋ no ay ga hima ka gana, Zama ni do no ay bina goono ga ye.
9Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.
9 Ya Irikoy, m'ay faaba k'ay kaa ay ibarey kambe ra. Ay go ga koru ni do.
10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
10 M'ay dondonandi ya ni miila te, Zama nin no ga ti ay Irikoyo. Ni Biya booriyankoyo m'ay candi fondo kayante ra.
11Revive me, Yahweh, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
11 Ya Rabbi, m'ay funandi ni maa sabbay se, M'ay fundo kaa taabi ra ni adilitara ra.
12In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant.
12 M'ay ibarey pati ka kaa ni baakasinay suujo ra, Borey kulu kaŋ yaŋ g'ay fundo kankam, ni m'i halaci, Zama ay ya ni tam no.