1Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
1 Ya Irikoy, ma faasa ay se. M'ay sanno hanse ka gaaba nda dumey kaŋ siino ga ni gana. M'ay faaba mo boro kaŋ ga gulinci kambe ra, Kaŋ sinda adilitaray mo.
1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
2For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
2 Zama nin no ga ti Irikoy, ay gaabo wane. Ifo se no ni n'ay furu? Ifo se no ay goono ga dira nda bine saray ibare kankamo sabbay se?
2For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.
3 Ay ga ni ŋwaaray, ma ni annura da ni cimo donton, I ma jina candi ay se. I ma kande ay ni tondi hananta boŋ, ni nangorayey do mo.
3Oh send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me: Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, And to thy tabernacles.
4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
4 Waati din gaa no ay ga koy Irikoy feema do, Irikoy kaŋ ti ay farhã beero do nooya. Ya Irikoy, ay Irikoyo, Moolo beeri boŋ no ay ga ni saabu.
4Then will I go unto the altar of God, Unto God my exceeding joy; And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.
5Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.
5 Ya ay fundo, ifo se no ni goono ga taagum? Ifo se mo no ni goono ga joote ay ra? Ma beeje sinji Irikoy boŋ, Zama ay ga ye k'a saabu, Nga kaŋ ci ay moyduma gaakwa, ay Irikoyo mo no.
5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God.