Psalms 49

49 ¹Una all people, hear dis; make una listen, all wey dey live for di world, ²both small man and big man, rich and poor, all of una. ³My mouth go talk wisdom; di tin wey my heart dey think go bring understanding. ⁴I go turn my ear give proverb; with di lyre I go open my riddle. ⁵Why I go dey fear wen bad days come, wen di wickedness of dem wey wan trip me down surround me, ⁶dem wey dey put dia trust for dia wealth and dey brag about dia plenty riches? ⁷True-true, nobody fit redeem im brother or pay our Papa ransom for am, ⁸di ransom for one life dey cost well-well; no payment fit ever reach, ⁹so dat person go continue to live forever and never see di grave. ¹⁰For e dey see say even di wise people dey die; di foolish and di senseless one, dem all dey perish and leave dia wealth give oda people. ¹¹Dia graves na dia house forever, dia dwelling place for all generations, even though dem bin name lands after diasef. ¹²Man, even with all im show-show, no dey last; e be like di animals wey dey perish. ¹³Dis na di way of dem wey get foolish confidence, and of dem wey come after wey dey gree with dia words.

¹⁴Like sheep, na for grave dem dey go, and death go shepherd dem. Di correct-and-holy people go rule over dem for morning; dia body go rotten for grave, far from dia high-high homes. ¹⁵But our Papa go redeem my life from di power of di grave; for sure e go take me come to imsef. ^a a v15 Unlike di rich people wey no fit buy dia way comot from death, di psalmist trust say our Papa imsef go rescue am from di grave and carry am come inside im own presence.

¹⁶No dey fear wen person dey become rich, wen di fine-fine of im house dey increase, ¹⁷because e no go carry anytin comot wen e die; im fine-fine no go follow am go down. ¹⁸Even though wen e still dey alive e dey count imsef as blessed—and people dey praise you wen you do well for yasef, ¹⁹e go join di generation of im fathers, wey no go ever see di light again. ²⁰Man, even with all im show-show, wey no get understanding, e be like di animals wey dey perish.