Psalms 88

¹ LORD God, my savior, I dey cry out all day, and for night I dey come before you.

² Hear my prayer; hear my cry for help!

³ So many trouble don fall on me wey be say I don dey close to death.

⁴ I be like other people wey dey close to die; all my strength don go.

⁵ You don abandon me among the dead; I be like dead body wey dey lie for grave, those wey you don forget completely, wey don cut off from your help.

⁶ You don throw me for depth of the tomb, inside dark and deep pit.

⁷ Your anger be like heavy weight on top me, and I dey crushed under hin wave.

⁸ You don make my friends abandon me; you don make me dey awful to them. Dem don lock me up and I no fit escape;

⁹ My eye dey weak as I dey suffer. LORD, every day I dey call you and I dey lift my hand to pray to you.

¹⁰ Shey you dey perform miracle for the dead? Shey dem dey stand up praise you?

¹¹ Dem dey speak about your love for grave or your faithfulness for where destruction dey happen?

¹² Shey na for place of darkness dem dey see your miracle or your goodness for land wey dem don forget?

¹³ LORD, I dey call you for help; every morning I dey pray to you.

¹⁴ Why you dey reject me, LORD? Why you dey turn away from me?

¹⁵ Ever since I dey young, I don suffer and death dey near me; I don tire for this load of your punishment.

¹⁶ You anger dey crush me, your terrible attack don destroy me.

¹⁷ Dem dey surround me like flood all day long; dem close up on me from every angle.

¹⁸ You don make my friend wey dey close to me abandon me, and darkness na my only friend.