Psalms 49

49 ¹ Una all, hear dis; make una listen, all wey dey live for di world, ² small pesin and big pesin, rich and poor, all of una join. ³ My mouth go talk wisdom; di tin wey my heart dey think go bring understanding. ⁴ I go turn my ear give proverb; with di lyre I go open my riddle make e clear. ⁵ Why I go dey fear wen bad days come, wen di wickedness of dem wey wan trip me down surround me— ⁶ dem wey dey trust dia money and dey blow mouth about dia plenty riches? ⁷ For true, no pesin fit redeem im brother or pay our Papa ransom for am— ⁸ di ransom for one life cost well well; no payment go ever reach— ⁹ so dat e go live forever and never see grave. ¹⁰ Because e dey see sey even di wise pesin dey die; di foolish and di senseless pesin all dey perish, and dem leave dia money for oda people. ¹¹ Dia grave na dia house forever, di place wey dem go stay for all generations, even doh dem bin name land after dia own name. ¹² Man, even wit all im big-big shine, no dey last; e be like di animal wey dey perish. ¹³ Na so di road be for dem wey get foolish confidence, and for dem wey come after wey dey gree wit dia words. Selah

¹⁴ Like sheep, na for grave dem set, 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 house. ¹⁵ But our Papa go redeem my life from di power of di grave; for sure e go carry me come to imsef. Selah ^a a v15 Unlike di rich people wey no fit buy dia way comot for death, di psalmist trust sey our Papa imsef go rescue am from di grave and carry am come into im own presence.

¹⁶ No dey fear wen pesin dey become rich, wen di fine-fine shine of im house dey grow, ¹⁷ because e no go carry anytin comot wen e die; im shine no go follow am go down. ¹⁸ Even doh wen e dey alive e dey count imsef as blessed—and people dey praise you wen you do well for yoursef— ¹⁹ e go join di generation of im papa-papa dem, wey no go ever see di light again. ²⁰ Man, even wit all im big-big shine, wey no get understanding, e be like di animal wey dey perish.