¹Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.

¹ Taabi hanko baytu no, waati kaŋ a gaabo gaze, A go ga nga hẽeno gusam Rabbi jine mo.

¹A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee.

²Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.

² Ya Rabbi, ma maa ay adduwa, Naŋ ay hẽeno ma furo ni do.

²Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress: Incline thine ear unto me; In the day when I call answer me speedily.

³For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch.

³ Ma si ni moyduma tugu ay se ay taabi zaaro ra, Ma ni hanga jeeri ay se. Zaaro kaŋ ay ce mo, ma tu ay se da waasi.

³For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.

⁴My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.

⁴ Zama ay jirbey go ga ban sanda dullu cine, Ay biriyey mo go ga di sanda danji ra tuuri cine.

⁴My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.

⁵By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.

⁵ Ay bina lakaw sanda subu kaŋ i kar, kaŋ suugu mo, Hal ay dinya k'ay ŋwaaro ŋwa.

⁵By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.

⁶I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.

⁶ Ay durayyaŋ jinda sabbay se, Kala baa ay biriyey naagu ay baso gaa.

⁶I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

⁷ Ay ga hima sanda saajo ra bangu farka, Ay ciya sanda fu kurmu ra kuku.

⁷I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.

⁸My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

⁸ Ay ga te mo-fasiya, Ay ciya mo sanda sasa kaŋ go fu boŋ nga hinne.

⁸Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.

⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,

⁹ Zaari me-a-me ay ibarey goono g'ay foy. Ngey kaŋ yaŋ goono ga donda ay goono ga laaliyaŋ zeyaŋ te d'ay maa.

⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,

¹⁰Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.

¹⁰ Zama boosu no ay soobay ka ŋwa sanda buuru cine, Ay haŋyaŋ haro mo, ay n'a margu nda mundi.

¹⁰Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.

¹¹My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

¹¹ Woodin mo, ni dukuro da ni futa sabbay se no. Zama ni n'ay sambu beene, ni ye k'ay furu koyne.

¹¹My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.

¹²But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations.

¹² Ay jirbey ga hima sanda tuuri bi kaŋ ga sosoro, Ay lakaw sanda subu cine.

¹²But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial [name] unto all generations.

¹³You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.

¹³ Amma nin wo, ya Rabbi, ni go no hal abada. Ni gaa fonguyaŋo mo ga goro hala zamaney kulu gaa.

¹³Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come.

¹⁴For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.

¹⁴ Ni ga tun, ni ga bakar mo Sihiyona se, Zama a se gomni teeyaŋ waate to, Oho, alwaati jisanta to.

¹⁴For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And have pity upon her dust.

¹⁵So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh; all the kings of the earth your glory.

¹⁵ Daahir ni tamey goono ga farhã d'a tondey, I ga bakar a laabo se.

¹⁵So the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, And all the kings of the earth thy glory.

¹⁶For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.

¹⁶ Woodin se no dumi cindey ga humburu Rabbi maa, Ndunnya bonkooney kulu mo ga humburu ni darza.

¹⁶For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory.

¹⁷He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.

¹⁷ Zama Rabbi no ka Sihiyona cina, A bangay mo nga darza ra.

¹⁷He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.

¹⁸This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.

¹⁸ A maa moori ra gorokoy adduwa se, A mana donda i adduwa mo.

¹⁸This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah.

¹⁹For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;

¹⁹ I ga woone hantum zamana kaŋ ga kaa se, Hala zamana din borey kaŋ i ga taka mo ma Rabbi sifa.

¹⁹For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth;

²⁰to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;

²⁰ Zama a go nga nangu hanna ra ga ganda fonnay, Beene no Rabbi go, a na ndunnya guna,

²⁰To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;

²¹that men may declare the name of Yahweh in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

²¹ Zama nga ma maa hawantey durayyaŋ, A ma borey kaŋ yaŋ i na buuyaŋ ciiti dumbu i boŋ taŋ.

²¹That men may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem;

²²when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.

²² Zama Adam-izey ma Rabbi maa baaru dede Sihiyona ra, A sifawo mo Urusalima* ra,

²²When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.

²³He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.

²³ Dumey da mayrayey mo ga margu nangu folloŋ zama ngey ma may Rabbi se.

²³He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.

²⁴I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.

²⁴ A n'ay gaabo londo wi fonda boŋ, A n'ay jirbey mo dunguriyandi.

²⁴I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations.

²⁵Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

²⁵ Ay ne: «Ya ay Irikoyo, ma s'ay sambu saaya kaŋ ay go ay jirbey bindo ra. Ni jiirey go no hala zamaney kulu me.

²⁵Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

²⁶They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.

²⁶ Za doŋ ni na ganda sinji, Beeney mo ni kambe goyo no.

²⁶They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

²⁷But you are the same. Your years will have no end.

²⁷ I ga halaci, amma ni wo, ni go no duumi. I kulu ga zeen mo danga kwaay cine, Ni g'i barmay mo danga bankaaray cine, I alhaali ga bare mo.

²⁷But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.

²⁸The children of your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you.”

²⁸ Amma nin wo, ni si bare, ni jiirey mo sinda me.

²⁸The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee.

²⁹ Ni tamey izey mo ga du duumi nangoray, I banda mo ga sinji ni jine.»