My Papa, My King
Song of praise. Na David own.
Alphabet praise from David wey dey spread wider and wider: one generation dey tell di next one about im Papa works, every creature dey chop as e open im hand, and everybody wey dey fall, e dey hold dem up. Dem talk sey im compassion rest on top everytin wey e make.
145 1I go lift you high, my Papa, my King, and I go bless your name forever and ever.
2Every day I go bless you, and I go praise your name forever and ever. 3Our Papa great, and E deserve praise pass everything; nobody fit measure how E great reach.
4One generation go tell anoda one about di work wey You do, and dem go announce di mighty things wey You do. 5I go think deep about di glory and shine of Your greatness and about di wonderful work wey You do. 6Dem go talk about di power of di awesome things wey You do, and I go announce how You great. 7Dem go dey full with di story of Your plenty goodness, and dem go sing with joy about Your correct-and-holy way.
8Our Papa dey show grace and Im belle full with tender mercy wey dey pain belle, E no dey quick vex and Im Covenant love plenty well well. 9Our Papa good to everybody, and Im belle dey pain am for everything wey E make. 10All di work wey You do go thank You, our Papa, and Your faithful people go bless You. 11Dem go talk about di glory of Your kingdom and tell people about Your power, 12make di pikin of man sabi di mighty things wey You do, and di glory and shine of Your kingdom. 13Your kingdom na kingdom wey no go ever end, and Your rule dey stand through all generations. Our Papa faithful for all Im word and E dey show grace for all Im work. a a v13 Dis line no dey for plenty Hebrew manuscript, but e dey for di Dead Sea Scrolls and for di old Greek. Dis psalm dey follow di Hebrew alphabet, and if dis line no dey, one letter go miss.
14Our Papa dey hold up all people wey dey fall, and E dey lift up all people wey bend down. 15Di eyes of everybody dey look You, and You dey give dem dia food for di right time. 16You dey open Your hand and You dey satisfy wetin every living thing want.
17Our Papa dey correct-and-holy for all Im way and E faithful for all Im work. 18Our Papa dey near all people wey dey call Am, all people wey dey call Am for true-true. 19E dey do wetin dem wey dey fear Am want; E dey hear dia cry and E dey save dem. 20Our Papa dey watch over all people wey love Am, but all di wicked people E go destroy.
21My mouth go talk di praise of our Papa; make every living thing bless Im holy name forever and ever.
