Prayer for di King
Psalm wey Solomon write.
72 1 Give di king your justice, our Papa, and give di king im pikin your correct-and-holy way. 2 Make e judge your people for correct-and-holy way, and judge di ones wey dey suffer for justice. 3 Make di mountains carry peace come for di people, and make di hills bring correct-and-holy way. 4 Make e defend di people wey dey suffer, save di pikin dem of di ones wey need help, and crush di person wey dey wicked oda people. 5 Make di people dey fear you as long as di sun dey shine and di moon dey stay, for all generation dem. 6 Make e come down like rain wey fall for grass wey dem don cut, like di showers wey dey water di ground. 7 For im time, make di correct-and-holy people flourish and make peace plenty, till di moon no dey again. 8 Make e rule from sea reach sea, and from di River reach di ends of di earth. a a v8 “Di River” na di Euphrates, di big river wey mark di eastern border of di land wey God promise Israel. 9 Make di people wey dey live for desert bow for im front, and make im enemies lick sand. 10 Make di kings of Tarshish and di ones for di coastland dem pay tribute; make di kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts. 11 Make all di kings bow down for im front, make all di nations serve am. 12 Because e go rescue di person wey need help wey dey cry out, di person wey dey suffer wey no get anybody to help am. 13 Im belle dey pain am for di weak one and di one wey need help, and e go save di life of di ones wey need help. 14 From wickedness and violence e go redeem dia life, and dia blood dey precious for im eye. 15 Make e live long; make dem give am di gold of Sheba! Make people dey pray for am well-well and dey bless am di whole day. 16 Make grain plenty for di land; make e dey wave for di top of di mountains; make im fruit be like Lebanon, and make people flourish comot from di cities like grass for field. b b v16 “Like Lebanon” dey bring di famous tall-tall forest and rich harvest of Lebanon come mind — na picture of abundance wey pass mark. 17 Make im name last forever, make im fame continue as long as di sun dey. Make all di people dem get blessing through am; make all di nations call am blessed. 18 Make dem praise di Papa of Israel, wey be di only one wey dey do wonderful things. 19 Make dem praise im glorious name forever; make di whole earth full with im glory! Amen and Amen.
20 Na so di prayers of David, di pikin of Jesse, take end.
