Nigerian Pidgin Bible
Psalms 89
1 O LORD, I go always dey sing of your love; I go talk about your faithfulness forever.
2 I know say your love go last for life, and say your faithfulness dey permanent like sky.
3 You talk say, I don make covenant with the man wey I chose; I don promise my servant David,
4 A descendant wey be your own go always be king; I go keep your house forever.
5 Heaven dey sing of the wonderful things wey you do; the holy ones dey sing of your faithfulness, LORD.
6 No one for heaven be like you, LORD; no one wey dey for heaven dey equal to you.
7 Dem fear you for council of the holy one; and all of them dey stand to hail you.
8 LORD God Almighty, nobody get power like you; you dey faithful in everything, O LORD.
9 Na you dey rule over the powerful sea; you dey calm the strong wave.
10 Na you destroy the monster for Rahab and you kill am; you defeat your enemy with your mighty strength.
11 Heaven na your own, and the earth too; na you make the world and everything wey dey inside am.
12 Na you create the north and south; Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon dey sing to you for joy.
13 You dey powerful! Your strength na great strength!
14 You build your kingdom on righteousness and justice; love and faithfulness dey show for all you dey do.
15 People wey dey worship you with song na happy people, wey dey live for light of your kindness!
16 Na because of you dem dey rejoice all day long; and dem dey praise you for your goodness.
17 You dey give us great victory; you dey make us win in you love.
18 You, O LORD, na you dey choose our protector; you, the Holy God of Israel, na you give us our king.
19 For vision long ago you been tell your faithful servant say, I don give help to famous soldier; I don give the throne to the person wey I choose from the people.
20 I don make my servant David king by anointing him with holy oil.
21 My strength go always dey with am, my power go make am strong.
22 Him enemy no go ever succeed against him; the wicked no go fit defeat him.
23 I go destroy him enemy and I go kill everyone wey hate him.
24 I go love him and I go dey loyal to him; I go give him victory always.
25 I go increase him kingdom from Mediterranean reach Euphrates River.
26 Him go tell me say, You be my father and my God; you be my protector and savior.
27 I go make him my firstborn son, the king wey great pass.
28 I go always keep my promise to him, and my covenant with him go last forever.
29 Him royal house go dey permanent like the sky; him descendant go be king always.
30 But if him descendant disobey my law and no live according to my command,
31 If dem ignore my instruction and if dem no keep my commandment,
32 then I go punish them for their sin; I go make them suffer for the wrong thing dem do.
33 But I no go stop to dey love David or fail to keep my promise to him.
34 I no go break my covenant with him or take back wetin I don promise.
35 Once and for all I don promise by my holy name: I no go ever lie to David.
36 Him go always get descendants, and I go watch over him kingdom as long the sun dey shine.
37 E go dey permanent like the moon, wey be faithful witness for sky.
38 But you dey vex with the king wey dem choose; you don reject him.
39 You don break your covenant with your servant and you don throway him crown inside dirty.
40 You don tear down the wall of him city and you don destroy him tower.
41 Everybody wey dey pass dey steal him property; all him neighbor dey laugh him.
42 You don give victory to him enemy; you don make them happy.
43 You don make him weapon dey useless and you allow make dem defeat him for battle.
44 You don take away him royal staff and knock him throne to the ground.
45 You don make am old before him time and you cover am with disgrace.
46 LORD, shey you go hide yourself forever? How long you go vex like fire wey dey burn?
47 Remember how short my life be; remember say you create all of us ordinary flesh.
48 Who fit live wey no go die? How we human being fit keep ourselves from grave?
49 God, where your former proof of your love? Where the promise you give David?
50 No forget how dem dey insult me, your servant, how I take endure the curse of the idol people.
51 Your enemy dey insult the king wey you choose, O LORD; dem dey insult him anywhere him go.
52 Praise the LORD forever!