(A psalm by David to be used when an offering is made.)
A Prayer in Times of Trouble
1 When you are angry, Lord,
please don't punish me
or even correct me.
2 You shot me with your arrows,
and you struck me
with your hand.
3 My body hurts all over
because of your anger.
Even my bones are in pain,
and my sins 4 are so heavy
that I am crushed.
5 Because of my foolishness,
I am covered with sores
that stink and spread.
6 My body is twisted and bent,
and I groan all day long.
7 Fever has my back in flames,
and I hurt everywhere.
8 I am worn out and weak,
moaning and in distress.
9 You, Lord, know every one
of my deepest desires,
and my noisy groans
are no secret to you.
10 My heart is beating fast.
I feel weak all over,
and my eyes are red.
11 Because of my sickness,
no friends or neighbors
will come near me.
12 All who want me dead
set traps to catch me,
and those who want
to harm and destroy me
plan and plot all day.
13 I am not able to hear
or speak a word;
14 I am completely deaf
and can't make a sound.
15 I trust you, Lord God,
and you will do something.
16 I said, “Don't let them laugh
or brag when I slip and fall.”
17 I am about to collapse
from constant pain.
18 I told you my sins,
and I am sorry for them.
19 Many deadly and powerful
enemies hate me,
20 and they repay evil for good
because I try to do right.
21 You are the Lord God!
Stay nearby
and don't desert me.
22 You are the one who saves me.
Please hurry and help.
Moo bataariŋo la duwaa
Dawuda la Jabuuroo, ka Yaawe* hakiloo bulandi.
1 Hee Yaawe, kana n jalayi i la kamfaa kaŋ,
waraŋ ka n kuluu i la jusukandoo kaŋ.
2 I ye n soo i la kalabeñoolu la le,
aduŋ i buloo laata n kaŋ ne.
3 I la kamfaa ye a tinna le,
n jaatoo maŋ sahayaa.
Kendeyaa te n kuloolu faŋo kono
n na junuboolu kamma la.
4 N na junuboolu la siyaa tambita n kunna le,
ì dunoo kuliyaata n ti le.
5 N na maadiŋolu tolita le fo ì ka sunkaŋ,
n na tooleeyaa kamma la.
6 N korita le las, m be laariŋ dek.
Tiloo muumewo n ka tu woosiyo le la.
7 M baloo kono ka kandi le ko dimbaa.
Kendeyaa te n jaatoo kono.
8 M fankoo banta le fereŋ,
n ka munta ì ye meŋ toñonka fo a nunkuta.
N ka ŋuntaŋ ne niitooroo kamma la.
9 Maariyo, m be ñaaniriŋ kuu-wo-kuu la, i ye a loŋ ne.
N na ŋuntaŋo maŋ tara i ye kumpa to.
10 N kijoo ka tara sawuŋ na le.
M fankoo banta le.
N ñaa la fanoo faŋo talaata le.
11 N teeroolu niŋ n kafuñoolu jamfata n na,
n na kuuraŋo kamma la.
M baadiŋolu fanaa sabata n na.
12 Moolu mennu ka n niyo ñini,
ye ì la kutindiŋolu laa n kamma le,
mennu ka n na mantooroo ñini,
ka kasaaroo le fo m ma.
Ì ka tu feeroolu le siti la n kamma.
13 Bari nte de, n ka munta le ko,
tulu sukiriŋo, meŋ buka i moyi,
ko mumunoo, meŋ buka diyaamu noo.
14 N ka munta ko, moo meŋ buka moyiroo ke,
aniŋ jaabiri te meŋ daa.
15 Bari m be jikiriŋ ite Yaawe le la,
ite m Maarii Alla le be jaabiroo ke la n ye.
16 Ŋa ñiŋ ne duwaa,
i kana soŋ ì ye seewoo n kunna,
wolu mennu ka kibiri n na boyoo la.
17 Kaatu m be boyoo le daa to,
aduŋ dimiŋo le ka tu n na doroŋ.
18 N sonta n na junuboolu la le.
Ì ye n dewuŋ ne.
19 N jawu kumbaa jamaalu semboo warata le.
Mennu ye n koŋ, daliila te a la,
ì siyaata le.
20 Moolu mennu ka n na ñiiñaa joo jawuyaa la,
ì keta m boyinkannaalu le ti,
kaatu n ka bula kuu kendoo le nooma.
21 Hee Yaawe, kana m bula.
N na Alla, kana jamfa n na.
22 M Maariyo, n na Kiisandirilaa,
naa n kaŋ tariyaake, ka m maakoyi.
