(A prayer by David.)
A Prayer for Help
1 Please listen, Lord,
and answer my prayer!
I am poor and helpless.
2 Protect me and save me
because you are my God.
I am your faithful servant,
and I trust you.
3 Be kind to me!
I pray to you all day.
4 Make my heart glad!
I serve you,
and my prayer is sincere.
5 You willingly forgive,
and your love is always there
for those who pray to you.
6 Please listen, Lord!
Answer my prayer for help.
7 When I am in trouble, I pray,
knowing you will listen.
8 No other gods are like you;
only you work miracles.
9 You created each nation,
and they will all bow down
to worship and honor you.
10 You perform great wonders
because you alone are God.
11 Teach me to follow you,
and I will obey your truth.
Always keep me faithful.
12 With all my heart I thank you.
I praise you, Lord God.
13 Your love for me is so great
that you protected me
from death and the grave.
14 Proud and violent enemies,
who don't care about you,
have ganged up to attack
and kill me.
15 But you, the Lord God,
are kind and merciful.
You don't easily get angry,
and your love
can always be trusted.
16 I serve you, Lord,
and I am the child
of one of your servants.
Look on me with kindness.
Make me strong and save me.
17 Show that you approve of me!
Then my hateful enemies
will feel like fools,
because you have helped
and comforted me.
Maakoyiroo duwaaraŋo
Dawuda la duwaa.
1 Hee Yaawe*, i lamoyi n na, i ye n danku,
kaatu nte mu fentaŋo le ti, aniŋ moo koririŋo.
2 N niyo tankandi kaatu nte foroyaata le.
Ite le mu n na Alla ti.
N tankandi, nte mu i la dookuulaa le ti,
aduŋ ŋa n jikoo loo ite le kaŋ.
3 Maariyo, balafaa n ye.
N ka tu woosii la i ye le tiloo bee.
4 N niyo seewondi, nte mu i la dookuulaa le ti.
Hee Maariyo, ŋa n sondomoo loo ite le kaŋ.
5 Maariyo, ite beteyaata le, aduŋ i ka yamfa,
i ka tu kanu bambaloo le yitandi la moolu la
mennu ka i daani.
6 Yaawe, i lamoyi n na duwaa la,
n kumboo kaŋo moyi,
m be maakoyiri ñiniŋo le la.
7 Niŋ m be mantooroo kono n ka ite le kumandi,
kaatu i ka n danku le.
8 Kooni Maariyo, ñoŋ te ite la,
alla te jee meŋ be ko ite.
I ye kuwolu mennu ke,
kiliŋ te jee meŋ ye wolu ke.
9 Maariyo, ite le ye duniyaa moolu bee daa.
Ì be naa le, ì ye sujudi i ye,
aduŋ ì be i too horoma la le,
10 kaatu ite warata le,
aduŋ i ka kaawakuwolu le ke.
Ite doroŋ ne mu Alla ti.
11 Yaawe, n karandi ka taama i la siloo la,
fo n si soŋ i ma i la tooñaa kaŋ,
i ye n sondomoo ke kiliŋ ti
ka i too kuliyaa.
12 M Maarii Alla,
m be i tentu la niŋ n sondomoo bee le la,
aduŋ m be i too horoma la le fo fawu.
13 Kaatu i ye i la kanu bambaloo yitandi nte la baake le.
I ye n niyo tankandi le,
n sutiyaata saayaa la ñaa-wo-ñaa.
14 Hee Alla, faŋ wara moolu le wulita nte kamma.
Fitina moolu la kafoo le lafita ka n niyo taa,
wolu mennu daa te ite la kuu to.
15 Bari Maariyo, ite mu Alla le ti meŋ balafaa warata,
aduŋ i hiinanteeyaata, i buka kamfaa juuna,
i la kanu bambaloo niŋ i la tiliŋo
maŋ dandulaa soto.
16 I ñaa tiliŋ n na, i ye balafaa n ye.
M bambandi, i ye n tankandi,
nte mu i la dookuulaa musoo diŋo le ti,
aduŋ m mu i la dookuulaa doroŋ ne ti.
17 Yaawe, i la konotodiyaa taamanseeroo yitandi n na,
fo mennu ye n koŋ ì si malu, niŋ ì ye wo je,
i la m maakoyoo niŋ n jusulandoo kamma la.
