Psalms 90

90 ¹Papa wey be Oga over all, na you be our house from generation reach generation. ²Before you born di mountains, or you bring di earth and di world comot, from everlasting reach everlasting, na you be our Papa.

³You dey turn person back to dust, you dey talk say, “Come back, una pikin of mankind.”

⁴Because 1,000 years for your eye be like one day wey don pass, like one small watch for night. ⁵You dey sweep dem comot like flood; dem be like dream, like grass wey dey sprout for morning, ⁶for morning e dey grow well-well and sprout; by evening e go don wither and dry.

⁷Because your anger dey finish us; your vex dey make us fear well-well. ⁸You don put our wrong-doing for front of you, our secret sin for di light of your presence. ⁹Because all our days dey pass comot under your vex; we dey finish our years like person wey just breathe out. ¹⁰We dey live for seventy years, or eighty if our power still strong; but dem no dey bring anything except suffer and wahala—dem dey quick pass, and we go fly comot. ¹¹Who sabi di power of your anger? Your vex big reach di fear wey suppose dey for you. ¹²Teach us how to count our days, so dat we fit get heart wey get wisdom.

¹³Come back, our Papa! How long? Make your belle dey pain you for us wey be your servants. ¹⁴For morning, satisfy us with your Covenant love, so dat we fit sing with joy and dey glad all our days. ¹⁵Make us glad reach di number of days wey you don make us suffer, reach di number of years wey we don see trouble. ¹⁶Make your servants see your work, and make dem pikin see how you dey shine with glory.

¹⁷Make di favour of Papa wey be Oga over all rest for us; make di work of our hand stand strong for us—yes, make di work of our hand stand strong.