Psalms 59

59 ¹Rescue me from my enemies, my Papa; put me for high place wey safe, above dem wey rise against me. ²Rescue me from dem wey dey do evil, and save me from men wey dey kill person. ³Because look—dem dey hide dey wait for my life; wicked men gada come fight me, even though I no do any wrong and I no commit any sin, my Papa. ⁴For notin wey I do, dem dey run come take dem position. Wake up come help me—look!

⁵You, my Papa, di Papa of heaven army dem, di Papa of Israel—wake up come punish all di nations; no show mercy to anybody wey dey betray come plan evil. ⁶Dem dey come back for evening, dey growl like dog and dey waka round di city. ⁷Look—dem dey pour poison from dem mouth; sword dey for dem lip, because dem dey think say, “Who dey hear us?” ⁸But you, my Papa, dey laugh dem; you dey mock all di nations. ⁹My Strength, I dey watch for you; because my Papa na my strong tower. ¹⁰My Papa, for im Covenant love, go come meet me; my Papa go make me look with victory on dem wey dey talk bad about me. ¹¹No kill dem, or else my people go forget; by your power make dem dey waka scatter, and bring dem down, O Papa wey be Oga over all, our shield. ¹²Because of di sin of dem mouth, di words of dem lip, make dem catch inside dem own pride—because of di curse and lies wey dem dey talk.

¹³Finish dem with anger, finish dem until dem no dey again, so dat people go know say our Papa dey rule over Jacob reach di ends of di earth. ¹⁴Dem dey come back for evening, dey growl like dog and dey waka round di city. ¹⁵Dem dey waka round dey find food, and dem dey growl if dem belle no full. ¹⁶But I go sing about your strength; for morning I go sing loud about your Covenant love. Because you don be my strong tower, place wey I dey hide for my time of trouble. ¹⁷My Strength, I go sing praise to you; because my Papa na my strong tower, our Papa wey dey show me Covenant love.