Psalms 38

¹ O LORD, no punish me when you dey vex;

² You don wound me with your arrow; you don strike me down.

³ Because you dey vex, I dey for serious pain; my whole body don get disease because of my sin.

⁴ I dey sink inside sin; dem be heavy load wey I no fit carry.

⁵ Because I don dey foolish, my wound dey smell and e dey rotten,

⁶ I don bend and bow down. I dey sad all day.

⁷ Fever dey worry me, I don near my death.

⁸ I don worn out and I dey for serious pain; trouble dey worry me for heart and I dey complain for pain.

⁹ O LORD, you know wetin I really want; you dey hear all my complain.

¹⁰ My heart dey beat fast, and my strength don go, and my eyes no dey bright again.

¹¹ My neighbor and friends no fit come near me, because of my wound; even my family dey hide from me.

¹² Those wey wan kill me dey set trap for me, and those wey wan wound me dey threaten to destroy me; dem no stop to dey plan against me,

¹³ I be like deaf person wey no fit hear, like dumb person wey not fit talk.

¹⁴ I be like those wey no fit answer, because dem no fit hear anything.

¹⁵ But I trust you, O LORD; and you, O LORD, you go answer me.

¹⁶ No allow my enemy dey happy on top my trouble; and no allow them brag about my downfall.

¹⁷ I don almost fall and I dey for serious pain.

¹⁸ I confess my sin; dem dey make me worry.

¹⁹ My enemy dey healthy and strong; dem plenty wey hate me for no reason.

²⁰ Those wey dey pay back evil for good dey against me because I dey try do right thing.

²¹ No abandon me, O LORD; no stay away, my God

²² Help me now, O LORD my savior.