A Prayer of Confidence
1 Protect me, O God; I trust in you for safety.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
all the good things I have come from you.”
3 How excellent are the Lord's faithful people!
My greatest pleasure is to be with them.
4 Those who rush to other gods
bring many troubles on themselves.
I will not take part in their sacrifices;
I will not worship their gods.
5 You, Lord, are all I have,
and you give me all I need;
my future is in your hands.
6 How wonderful are your gifts to me;
how good they are!
7 I praise the Lord, because he guides me,
and in the night my conscience warns me.
8 I am always aware of the Lord's presence;
he is near, and nothing can shake me.
9 And so I am thankful and glad,
and I feel completely secure,
10 because you protect me from the power of death.
I have served you faithfully,
and you will not abandon me to the world of the dead.
11 You will show me the path that leads to life;
your presence fills me with joy
and brings me pleasure forever.
Dankeneyaa suukuwo
Dawuda la Jabuuroo.
1 Hee Alla, n kanta,
kaatu m be tuukuriŋ ite le la,
ka n tankandi.
2 Ŋa ñiŋ ne fo ite Yaawe* ma ko,
“Ite le mu m Maariyo ti.
Nte maŋ kuu kende soto ite koolaa.”
3 Lannamoolu mennu be bankoo kaŋ,
wolu le foroyaata.
Ì la kuwo ka n seewoo le.
4 Moolu mennu jarabita batufeŋ koteŋolu la,
ì ka mantoora jamaa le saabu ì faŋ ma.
N te kafu la ì ma ka yeloo boŋ sadaa* ti,
sako ka wo batufeŋolu too kumandi.
5 Nte la niiboroo ka bo ite Yaawe le bulu,
aduŋ n suulafeŋo bee sumandiŋo be i bulu le.
M baluuñaa be ite le bulu.
6 I ye n niibo meŋ na n na baluwo kono,
a keta kuu neemariŋo le ti.
Tooñaa, a keta n ye keetaafeŋ kendoo le ti.
7 Ŋa Yaawe tentu, kaatu a ka n yaamari le,
aduŋ suutoo fanaa n sondomoo ka n dandalaa le.
8 N hakiloo ka tu ñiŋ kaŋ ne ko,
Yaawe be m fee le waati-wo-waati.
A ka tara n daala le,
wo kamma la feŋ te m bondi la n noo to.
9 Wo kamma la n ka jusulaa le, n niyo ka seewoo.
M baloo fanaa be tara la tankoo le kono.
10 I te n tu la saayaa kono.
I te soŋ na,
i la lannamoo ye taa kaburoo kono.
11 I ka baluwo siloo le yitandi n na.
Ka tara i ñaatiliŋo la,
wo le mu seewoo timmariŋo ti.
Ka tara i bulubaa karoo la,
wo ka n jusulandi le fo abadaa.
