(A song and a psalm by the clan of Korah for the music leader. To the tune “Mahalath Leannoth.” A special psalm by Heman the Ezrahite.)
A Prayer When You Can't Find the Way
1 You keep me safe, Lord God.
So when I pray at night,
2 please listen carefully
to each of my concerns.
3 I am deeply troubled
and close to death;
4 I am as good as dead
and completely helpless.
5 I am no better off
than those in the grave,
those you have forgotten
and no longer help.
6 You have put me in the deepest
and darkest grave;
7 your anger rolls over me
like ocean waves.
8 You have made my friends turn
in horror from me.
I am a prisoner
who cannot escape,
9 and I am almost blind
because of my sorrow.
Each day I lift my hands
in prayer to you, Lord.
10 Do you work miracles
for the dead?
Do they stand up
and praise you?
11 Are your love and loyalty
announced in the world
of the dead?
12 Do they know of your miracles
or your saving power
in the dark world below
where all is forgotten?
13 Each morning I pray
to you, Lord.
14 Why do you reject me?
Why do you turn from me?
15 Ever since I was a child,
I have been sick
and close to death.
You have terrified me
and made me helpless.
16 Your anger is like a flood!
And I am shattered
by your furious attacks
17 that strike each day
and from every side.
18 My friends and neighbors
have turned against me
because of you,
and now darkness
is my only companion.
Mantooroo kono duwaa
Kora koomalankoolu la Jabuura suukuwo. Meŋ be suukuulaa ñaatonkayaa la: A si laa juloo la ì ka a fo meŋ ye ko, “Mantoora waatoo kono.” Hemani Esira koomalankoo la suukuwo.
1 Hee Yaawe* Alla, n na kiisandirilaa,
n ka kumboo i ye le suutoo niŋ tiloo.
2 N na duwaa moyi,
i ye i tuloo loo n na kumboo la.
3 N na baluwo be faariŋ mantoora kuwolu le la,
domandiŋ n si taa laakira.
4 N niŋ moolu le be konti kiliŋ,
mennu taata kaburoo kono.
N keta moo le ti fanka te meŋ na.
5 Moolu ye m bula le ko meŋ be furewolu kono,
ko moo faariŋolu mennu be laariŋ kaburoo kono,
i hakiloo maŋ tara mennu kaŋ fereŋ,
ì maŋ tara i la maakoyiroo daa to.
6 I ye m bulandi saayaa diboo le kono duuma yereŋ,
dulaa meŋ dibita, a diinonta.
7 I la kamfaa dunoo kuliyaata n kaŋ ne,
aduŋ a ye n teerindi le komeŋ waame jiibaliŋolu.
S8 I ye a tinna le n teerimaalu ye i bo n to,
i ye n ke ì ye moo ñewundiŋo ti.
M be sukiriŋ ne, aduŋ kanañaa te n na.
9 Niikuyaa ye a tinna le n ñaalu dibita.
Hee Yaawe, luŋ-wo-luŋ n ka i kumandi le.
N ka m buloolu wulindi i ye le ka duwaa.
10 Fo ite ka kaawakuu le ke furewolu ye baŋ?
Fo kaburukononkoolu ka wuli le ka i jayi baŋ?
S11 Fo i la kanu bambaloo ka kankulaa kaburoo kono le baŋ,
sako i la tiliŋo si fo wo kasaara dinkiraa kono?
12 Fo ite la kaawakuwolu ka loŋ wo diboo kono le baŋ,
sako i la tankandiroo wo dulaa to,
daameŋ to mu ñinadulaa ti?
13 Yaawe nte de, n ka ite le la maakoyiroo kumboo.
Soomandaa-wo-soomandaa n ka duwaa i ñaatiliŋo la le.
14 Hee Yaawe, muŋ ne ye a tinna i ye m bula?
Muŋ ne ye a tinna i ye i ñaa kaasi n na?
15 Biriŋ n dindiŋ n toorata le,
aduŋ n sutiyaata saayaa la le.
I ye kijafara kuwolu le laa n kaŋ
fo n keñaa bota n kono,
16 i la kamfaa kupita n kaŋ,
i la kijabo jarabiroolu ye n kasaara,
17 ì waamemaa le ka m murubeŋ karoo bee la
waati-wo-waati,
ì ye n suki karoo bee le la.
18 I ye a tinna le n kanuntewolu niŋ n teeroolu ye i bo n to.
Diboo doroŋ ne mu n kafuñoo ti.
