Psalms 59

¹ My God, save me from my enemy; protect me from those wey dey attack me!

² Make you save me from those evil people; rescue me from those killers!

³ See! Dem dey wait to kill me; wicked people dey gather against me. No be say na because of my sin or wrong thing wey I don do,

⁴ and no be because of any fault wey I get, O LORD, wey dem dey rush come attack me.

⁵ Make you rise, LORD God Almighty, make you come help me; come use your eye see for yourself, God of Israel! Make you wake up punish the idol worshiper; no show mercy to evil traitor!

⁶ Na for evening dem come back, dem go around the city dey vex around like dog.

⁷ Make you listen as dem dey threaten me and as dem dey insult me, their tongue be like sword for mouth, still dem dey think say nobody dey hear them.

⁸ But you dey laugh them, LORD; you dey make fun of the pagan.

⁹ I get confidence in your strength; you be my refuge, O God.

¹⁰ My God love me and him go come meet me; him go let me see as him defeat my enemy.

¹¹ Make you no kill them, O God, or my people fit forget. Use your strength scatter them and defeat them, O God, our protector.

¹² Sin dey for their lips; all their word na sin; make their pride catch them! Because dem dey curse and lie,

¹³ destroy them in your anger; destroy them finish. Then everyone go know say na God dey rule for Israel, as e dey rule reach on top all the earth.

¹⁴ My enemy come back for evening, dey vex like dog as dem dey waka round the city,

¹⁵ like dog wey dey waka round for food and wey dey shout if dem no see enough food

¹⁶ But I go sing about your strength; for morning I go sing loud about your constant love. Na you don be protection for me, and my shelter when I dey for trouble.

¹⁷ I go praise you, my defender. My protection na God, the God wey love me.