¹God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

¹ Asaf baytu fo no. Ya Irikoy, ifo se no ni n'iri furu hal abada? Ifo se mo no ni futa goono ga te dullu ni kuray nango feejey se?

¹Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

²Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.

² Ma fongu ni jama kaŋ ni day za doŋ, Wo kaŋ ni fansa* zama a ma ciya ni wane dumo. Ma fongu Sihiyona tondo mo, kaŋ ra ni goro.

²Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; [And] mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

³Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.

³ Ma ni ce dagu, Ma miila ka koy kurmey kaŋ yaŋ ga duumi do haray. Ibare na hay kulu sara Nangu Hananta ra.

³Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

⁴Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.

⁴ Ni gaabakasiney na yooje beeri te ni marga nango bindo ra, I na ngey liiliwaley sinji i ma ciya alaama.

⁴Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.

⁵They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.

⁵ I ga hima boro kaŋ ga deesi sambu saaji ra tuuri-nyayaŋ gaa.

⁵They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.

⁶ Sohõ mo a jabuyaŋ goyey kulu, I go g'i bagu-bagu nda deesi nda ndarka.

⁶And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.

⁷They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.

⁷ I na danji daŋ ni Nangu Hananta gaa k'a kulu ton, I na ni maa goray nango ziibandi.

⁷They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name [by casting it] to the ground.

⁸They said in their heart, “We will crush them completely.” They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.

⁸ I biney ra no i ne: «Iri m'i may da kankami care banda!» Laabo ra nangu kulu kaŋ borey ga kubay da Irikoy, I n'i ton.

⁸They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

⁹We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.

⁹ Iri si ga di iri alaamey, annabi mo si no koyne, Iri game ra mo sinda boro kaŋ ga bay hala waati fo no.

⁹We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

¹⁰How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

¹⁰ Ya Irikoy, waati fo no yanjekaarey ga ni kaynayaŋ naŋ? Ibare ga soobay ka donda ni maa hal abada no?

¹⁰How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

¹¹Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them!

¹¹ Ifo se no ni goono ga ni kambe kaa, Kaŋ ga ti ni kambe ŋwaaro? Ma ni kamba kaa ni ganda gaa k'i ŋwa.

¹¹Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? [Pluck it] out of thy bosom [and] consume [them].

¹²Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

¹² Kulu nda yaadin, Irikoy ya ay Bonkoono no za doŋ, Faaba goy teeko mo no laabo bindo ra.

¹²Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

¹³You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

¹³ Nin no, ni gaabo no ni na teeko fay-fay d'a. Nin no ka teeku ham beerey boŋey bagu-bagu.

¹³Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.

¹⁴You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.

¹⁴ Nin no ka Lebiyatan* boŋey bagu-bagu, Nin no k'a nooyandi a ma ciya ŋwaari saaji ra gorokoy se.

¹⁴Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

¹⁵You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

¹⁵ Nin no ka hari-mo da hari zurey zortandi, Nin no ka naŋ isayaŋ ma koogu.

¹⁵Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.

¹⁶The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁶ Zaari ni wane no, cin mo ni wane no, Nin no ka annura nda wayna soola.

¹⁶The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁷You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

¹⁷ Nin no ka ndunnya me hirrey kulu sinji, Nin no ka kaydiya nda jaw mo te.

¹⁷Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.

¹⁸Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

¹⁸ Ya Rabbi, ma fongu woone gaa: ibara na ni maa sara, Dumo kaŋ sinda carmay donda ni maa.

¹⁸Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.

¹⁹Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.

¹⁹ Ma si ni koloŋa fundo no ganji ham se, Ma si dinya ni taabi hankwa fundo hal abada.

¹⁹Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

²⁰Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

²⁰ Ma sappa guna, zama ndunnya kubay nangey ga to no da toonye nangorayyaŋ.

²⁰Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

²¹Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

²¹ Ma si naŋ borey kaŋ yaŋ i kankam ma ye ka kaa haawi ra. Ma naŋ alfukaaru nda moori ra gorokoy ma ni maa sifa.

²¹Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.

²²Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

²² Ya Irikoy, ma tun ka ni sanno hanse. Ma fongu mate kaŋ cine boro kaŋ sinda carmay goono ga ni wow zaari me-a-me.

²²Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.

²³Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.

²³ Ma si dinya ni yanjekaarey jinda, Borey kaŋ yaŋ tun ka gaaba nda nin, I kosongo go ga ziji ka tonton duumi.

²³Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.