Psalms 89

89 ¹I go sing about di Covenant love of our Papa forever; I go tokabout your faithfulness give all generation. ²Because I don talk say, “Covenant love dey build to stand forever; for inside heaven na so you set your faithfulness firm.

³I don make Covenant with di one wey I choose; I don swear give David my servant: ⁴‘I go set your pikin-dem firm forever, and build your throne for all generation.’”

⁵Di heavens dey praise your wonder-work, our Papa, and your faithfulness too, for inside di gathering of di holy ones. ⁶Because who for di sky fit dem compare with our Papa? Who among di heaven-beings resemble our Papa, ⁷one Papa wey dem dey fear well-well for di council of di holy ones, and wey dey too great pass all wey surround am? ⁸O Papa of heaven army-dem, who strong reach you? Your faithfulness dey surround you.

⁹Na you dey rule di sea wey dey vex; when im waves rise up, you dey calm dem down. ¹⁰You crush di sea monster Rahab like dead carcass; with your mighty arm you scatter your enemy-dem. ¹¹Di heavens na your own; di earth too na your own; di world and everytin wey full am—na you lay di foundation. ¹²North and south—na you create dem; Tabor and Hermon dey shout for joy because of your name. ¹³Your arm get power; your hand strong; your right hand dey raise high.

¹⁴Correct-and-holy way and correct judgement na di foundation of your throne; Covenant love and faithfulness dey waka go your front. ¹⁵Blessing dey for di people wey sabi di joyful shout, wey dey waka, our Papa, inside di light of your face. ¹⁶For inside your name dem dey rejoice di whole day, and for inside your correct-and-holy way dem dey lifted up high. ¹⁷Because na you be di glory of dia strength, and na by your favour our power dey lifted up high. ¹⁸Because our shield na our Papa im own, our king na di Holy One of Israel im own—our Papa.

¹⁹Den you talk inside vision give your faithful ones and say: “I don give help to one mighty man; I don raise up one wey I choose from among di people. ²⁰I don find David my servant; with my holy oil I don anoint am, ²¹so dat my hand go hold am firm; my arm too go make am strong. ²²No enemy go outsmart am, and no wicked person go bring am down. ²³I go crush im enemy-dem for im front and knock down dem wey hate am. ²⁴My faithfulness and my Covenant love go dey with am, and for inside my name im power go dey exalted. ²⁵I go put im hand for di sea and im right hand for di rivers. ²⁶Im go cry give me, ‘Na you be my Papa, my God, and di Rock of my salvation.’ ^a a v26 Di son of David wey dey call our Papa “my Papa” find im full meaning inside Jesus, di greater Pikin wey dey share dis same confession with everybody wey im dey carry come house. ²⁷And I go make am di firstborn, di highest pass all di kings of di earth. ²⁸My loyal love I go keep for am forever, and my Covenant go stand firm for am. ²⁹I go set im pikin-dem firm forever and im throne for as long as di heavens dey.

³⁰If im children throway my law and no dey waka by my judgement, ³¹if dem break my statute and no keep my commandment, ³²den I go discipline dia rebellion with cane and dia sin with beating, ³³but I no go remove my Covenant love from David, and I no go betray my faithfulness. ³⁴I no go break my Covenant or change di word wey my mouth don talk. ³⁵One time for all, I don swear by my holiness; I no go lie give David. ³⁶Im pikin-dem go last forever, im throne go dey like di sun for my front. ³⁷Like di moon e go dey set firm forever, one faithful witness for di sky.”

³⁸But now you don reject and throway am; you don full with vex against di one wey you anoint. ³⁹You don renounce di Covenant with your servant; you don spoil im crown for inside di dust. ⁴⁰You don break through all im walls; you don turn im strong-places to rubbish. ⁴¹Everybody wey dey pass dey plunder am; im don become di thing wey im neighbours dey scorn. ⁴²You don lift high di right hand of im enemy-dem; you don make all im enemy-dem rejoice. ⁴³You don turn back di edge of im sword and you no help am stand firm for battle. ⁴⁴You don put end to im splendour and throw im throne go ground. ⁴⁵You don cut short di days of im young-age; you don wrap am with shame.

⁴⁶How long, our Papa? You go hide yourself forever? How long your vex go dey burn like fire? ⁴⁷Remember how my life dey pass quick-quick! For wetin empty-empty na you make all people! ⁴⁸Which man fit live and never see death? Who fit save imself comot from di grip of di grave?

⁴⁹Oga Papa, where your Covenant love of before dey, di one wey you swear give David for inside your faithfulness? ⁵⁰Remember, Oga Papa, di scorn wey dem pile on your servants, how I dey carry inside my heart di insult of all di plenty people, ⁵¹wey your enemy-dem take mock, our Papa, wey dem take mock di one wey you anoint for every step.

⁵²Make blessing dey for our Papa forever! Amen and Amen.