¹Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.

¹ Dawda baytu fo no. Ya Rabbi, ay goono ga ni ce, ma cahã ka kaa ay do. Ma hanga jeeri ay jinda se waati kaŋ ay na ni ce.

¹A Psalm of David. Jehovah, I have called upon thee; make haste unto me: Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.

²Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

² Ma naŋ ay adduwey ma salle ni jine sanda dugu cine, Ay kambe salleyaŋo ma hima sanda wiciri kambu sarga.

²Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

³Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

³ Ya Rabbi, ma haggoyko daŋ ay meyo se. Ma batuko daŋ ay me-kuurey se.

³Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

⁴Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.

⁴ Ma s'ay bina miila siirandi a ma koy hari laalo kulu do, Kaŋ ga naŋ ay ma furo laala goy muraadu ra, Taali-teerey banda. Ma si naŋ ay m'i laam'izey ŋwa.

⁴Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.

⁵Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

⁵ Naŋ day adilante m'ay kar baakasinay ra, A ma kaseeti ay gaa mo. Amma boro laaley ma si baa ji tuusu ay boŋo gaa, Zama ay adduwa ga tonton nda jina koyyaŋ ka gaaba nda i goy laaley.

⁵Let the righteous smite me, [it shall be] a kindness; And let him reprove me, [it shall be as] oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.

⁶Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.

⁶ Da i n'i maykoy catu ganda i ma fun tondi jabu gaa, Gaa no jama ga maa ay sanney, zama i ga kaan.

⁶Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; And they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

⁷“As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .”

⁷ Sanda mate kaŋ cine i ga laabu beeri farmi waate, Yaadin cine no i biriyey go ga say-say saarayey me gaa.

⁷As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

⁸For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don’t leave my soul destitute.

⁸ Zama ay moy, ya Rabbi, Koy Beero, i go ni gaa, Ni do no ay ga koru. Ma s'ay fundo naŋ kosaray si.

⁸For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord: In thee do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute.

⁹Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

⁹ M'ay batu k'ay waa da kumsa kaŋ i deeniya ay se, Kaŋ ga ti taali-teerey hirrimey.

⁹Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

¹⁰Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by.

¹⁰ Naŋ boro laaley ma kaŋ ngey taaru hirrimey ra. Day ay wo, ay ma bisa baani samay.

¹⁰Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape.