Wetin Our Papa-dem Tell Us
For di director of music. Wisdom psalm wey di pikin-dem of Korah sing.
44 1 O our Papa, we don hear with our own ears; our papa-dem don tell us di work wey You do for their time, for di days of long-long ago. 2 With Your own hand You drive comot di nations, but You plant our papa-dem; You crush di people-dem, but You set our papa-dem free. 3 Because dem no take di land with their own sword, and their own arm no save dem; but na Your right hand, Your arm, and di light of Your face — because You bin dey happy with dem.
4 You be my King, our Papa; command di victory-dem of Jacob. 5 Through You we dey push our enemy-dem back; through Your name we dey trample dem wey rise against us. 6 Because I no dey trust my bow, and my sword no dey save me. 7 But You don save us from our enemy-dem and You don shame dem wey hate us. 8 We don dey boast for our Papa di whole day, and we go praise Your name forever. Selah. a a v8 Selah: na musical or worship mark for di psalm, e fit dey signal say make person pause or take small quiet time reflect.
9 But now You don reject us and put us for shame, and You no dey go out with our army-dem again. 10 You make us run back before our enemy, and dem wey hate us dey loot us anyhow dem like. 11 You hand us over like sheep wey dem go chop, and You don scatter us among di nations. 12 You sell Your people for almost notin and You no gain anytin from di sale. 13 You make us tin wey our neighbor-dem dey use mock, dem wey dey around us dey laugh us and look us down. 14 You make us tin wey di nations dey talk bad about, people wey oda nations dey shake their head for. 15 Di whole day my shame dey for my front, and shame don cover my face, 16 because of di voice of dem wey dey mock and insult, before di enemy wey dey take revenge.
17 All dis don come for us, but still we no forget You, and we no betray Your Covenant. 18 Our heart no turn back, and our foot no waka comot from Your road, 19 even as You don crush us for di place wey jackal dey stay and cover us with deep darkness. 20 If we bin forget di name of our Papa or stretch our hand to strange god, 21 our Papa no for find am out? Because E know di secret-dem wey dey inside heart. 22 But because of You dem dey kill us di whole day; dem dey count us like sheep wey dem wan slaughter. b b v22 Paul carry dis very cry take describe believer-dem wey dey suffer because dem dey follow Jesus — but “for all dis tins we be conqueror pass conqueror through Am wey love us” (Romans 8:36-37). Di Papa no dey ever abandon im pikin-dem, even when to dey faithful cost everytin.
23 Wake up! Why You dey sleep, Papa wey be Oga over all? Rise up; no reject us forever. 24 Why You dey hide Your face and forget our suffering and how dem dey oppress us? 25 Because we don bow reach di dust; our body stick to di ground. 26 Rise up come help us! Redeem us because of Your Covenant love.
