(A psalm by David for Jeduthun, the music leader.)
God Is Powerful and Kind
1 Only God can save me,
and I calmly wait for him.
2 God alone is the mighty rock
that keeps me safe
and the fortress
where I am secure.
3 I feel like a shaky fence
or a sagging wall.
How long will all of you
attack and assault me?
4 You want to bring me down
from my place of honor.
You love to tell lies,
and when your words are kind,
hatred hides in your heart.
5 Only God gives inward peace,
and I depend on him.
6 God alone is the mighty rock
that keeps me safe,
and he is the fortress
where I feel secure.
7 God saves me and honors me.
He is that mighty rock
where I find safety.
8 Trust God, my friends,
and always tell him
each of your concerns.
God is our place of safety.
9 We humans are only a breath;
none of us are truly great.
All of us together weigh less
than a puff of air.
10 Don't trust in violence
or depend on dishonesty
or rely on great wealth.
11 I heard God say two things:
“I am powerful,
12 and I am very kind.”
The Lord rewards each of us
according to what we do.
Dahaa be Alla doroŋ ne fee
Meŋ be suukuulaa ñaatonkayaa la: Yedutuni tooyaa la. Dawuda la Jabuuroo le mu.
1 N niyo la dahaa be Alla doroŋ ne fee,
n na tankoo be bo la ate le bulu.
2 N na semberaŋ beroo mu ate doroŋ ne ti,
aniŋ n na tankoo.
A mu n ye tatoo le ti,
hani n te maamaŋ na muk.
3 Janniŋ muŋ tuma le mu
ali be tu la boyi la moo kaŋ,
ali bee ye a boyindi ko tata sansaŋ laamaariŋo,
sansaŋo meŋ be cojiriŋ?
4 Ì be pareeriŋ ne doroŋ
ka a bondi a la dulaa buuñaariŋ baa to.
Faniyaa le ka ì kontaani.
Ì ka kuu kendoo duwaa ì daa le la,
bari ì ka dankaroo ke ì sondomoo kono.
S5 N niyo si dahaa soto Alla doroŋ ne fee,
kaatu n jikoo be ate le kaŋ.
6 N na semberaŋ beroo mu ate doroŋ ne ti,
aniŋ n na tankoo.
A mu n ye tatoo le ti,
hani n te maamaŋ na.
7 N na tankoo niŋ n na horomoo be looriŋ Alla le kaŋ.
N na semberaŋ bere bambandiŋo le mu,
aniŋ n tuukuraŋo.
8 Moolu, ali dankeneyaa Alla la waati-wo-waati.
Ali ali kono kuwo bee fo a ye,
kaatu ate le mu ǹ tuukuraŋo ti.
S9 Hadamadiŋo mu niijii foñoo doroŋ ne ti,
biriŋ moo baa fo moo koteŋ kenseŋ, a bee nafantaŋ.
Niŋ i ye ì laa peesaraŋo kaŋ, ì te feŋ boyi la.
Hani niijii foñoo le kuliyaata ì ti.
10 Ali kana jiki nakaroo la,
waraŋ ka faŋ waroo ke suuñaari feŋo kaŋ.
Ali la naafuloolu si lafaa ñaa-wo-ñaa,
ali kana jiki ì la.
11 Alla diyaamuta seneyaarinke le.
Ŋa ñiŋ ne moyi n tulu fuloo la ko,
semboo mu ite Alla le taa ti,
12 aduŋ Maariyo, kanu bambaloo be ite le fee.
Tooñaa, i be moo-wo-moo joo la a la baaroo la le.
