(A special psalm by David for the music leader. To the tune “Don't Destroy.” )
A Prayer When All Goes Wrong
1 Do you mighty people talk
only to oppose justice?
Don't you ever judge fairly?
2 You are always planning evil,
and you are brutal.
3 You have done wrong and lied
from the day you were born.
4 Your words spread poison
like the bite of a cobra
5 that refuses to listen
to the snake charmer.
6 My enemies are fierce
as lions, Lord God!
Shatter their teeth.
Snatch out their fangs.
7 Make them disappear
like leaking water,
and make their arrows miss.
8 Let them dry up like snails
or be like a child that dies
before seeing the sun.
9 Wipe them out quicker
than a pot can be heated
by setting thorns on fire.
10 Good people will be glad
when they see the wicked
getting what they deserve,
and they will wash their feet
in their enemies' blood.
11 Everyone will say, “It's true!
Good people are rewarded.
God does indeed rule the earth
with justice.”
Alla be moo kuruŋolu jarabi la le
Meŋ be suukuulaa ñaatonkayaa la: A si laa juloo la ì ka a fo meŋ ye ko, “Kana kasaaroo ke.” Dawuda la Jabuuroo.
1 Fo tooñaa, alitolu maralilaalu, ali ka diyaamu tiliŋo le kaŋ baŋ?
Fo ali ka hadamadiŋolu kiitindi niŋ tiliŋo le la baŋ?
2 Hanii, ali ka kuu kuruŋolu le siti ali sondomoolu kono.
Ali ka fitinoo le taamandi bankoo kaŋ.
3 Moo kuruŋolu ka fili le biriŋ ì daa luŋo la,
ì ka jenke le ka bo luŋo meŋ na ì wuluuta,
ka tara faniyaa foo la.
4 Ì be faariŋ kunoo le la komeŋ saa,
ì ye ì tuloo suki komeŋ biidaa tulu sukiriŋo,
5 wo meŋ buka saamutalaa kumakaŋo moyi,
sako ka i lamoyi saabutiyo la kuma diimaa la.
6 Hee Alla, ì ñiŋolu kati ì daalu kono.
Yaawe*, ñiŋ jatoolu saliŋolu kuntu.
7 Allamaa ì ye yeemaŋ ko jiyo meŋ ka bori.
Allamaa ì la jooraŋolu ye nafantaŋyaa ì buloolu kono.
8 Allamaa ì ye ke ko musaaliŋo
ka yeluŋ namoo ti ñaameŋ,
ì ye ke ko bonodiŋo meŋ ñaa nene buka tiloo je.
9 Alla be ì koora la le,
dindiŋolu niŋ keebaalu kafuriŋo,
a ye tariyaa ka tambi kaleeroo la kandoo la,
ñansaraŋ dimbaa kaŋ.
10 Moo tilindiŋolu be seewoo la le,
niŋ ì ye moo kuruŋolu la joo je.
Ì si ì siŋolu kuu moo kuruŋolu yeloo kono.
11 Moolu si a fo ko,
“Jooroo be moo tilindiŋolu ye le.
Tooñaa, Alla be jee le,
meŋ ka duniyaa kiitindi.”
