Psalms 51

51 ¹Show me mercy, my Papa, according to your love wey no dey change; according to your plenty tender mercy wey dey pain belle, wipe comot my rebellion dem. ²Wash me well-well comot my guilt, and clean me from my sin. ³For I know my rebellion dem, and my sin dey always for my front. ⁴Against you, na you alone, I don sin and do wetin be evil for your eye, so that you go dey correct for wetin you talk and get no blame for your judgment. ⁵I born inside guilt, and inside sin my mama carry belle for me. ⁶But you dey happy for truth wey dey inside person, and you dey teach me wisdom for my secret heart.

⁷Clean me with hyssop, and I go clean; wash me, and I go white pass snow. ^a a v7 Hyssop na small plant wey dem dey use for di cleansing rituals for Old Testament — for here e be symbol of cleaning wey reach deep. ⁸Make I hear joy and gladness; make di bones wey you don crush rejoice. ⁹Hide your face from my sins, and wipe comot all my guilt.

¹⁰Create clean heart inside me, my Papa, and put new spirit wey no dey shake inside me. ¹¹No drive me comot from your presence, and no take your Holy Spirit from me. ¹²Give me back di joy of your salvation, and hold me up with spirit wey ready.

¹³Den I go teach people wey dey do wrong your ways, and sinners go return to you. ¹⁴Deliver me from di guilt of blood wey I shed, my Papa, di Papa of my salvation, and my tongue go sing loud about your correct-and-holy way. ¹⁵Sovereign Papa, open my lips, and my mouth go declare your praise.

¹⁶For you no dey happy for sacrifice, if not I for give am; you no dey take pleasure for burnt offering. ¹⁷Di sacrifice wey my Papa want na spirit wey don broke; heart wey broke and dey sorry, my Papa, you no go despise.

¹⁸Do good to Zion for your good pleasure; build up di walls of Jerusalem. ¹⁹Den you go happy for correct sacrifice, for burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; den dem go offer bulls for your altar.