Psalms 94

94 ¹ our Papa wey dey bring justice — our Papa; our Papa wey dey bring justice, come shine! ² Wake up, Judge of di earth; give di proud people wetin dem deserve. ³ How long di wicked people go dey, our Papa — how long di wicked people go dey laugh with pride?

⁴ Dem dey pour proud-proud words comot; all di people wey dey do evil dey boast. ⁵ Dem dey crush your people, our Papa, and dey oppress your inheritance. ⁶ Dem dey kill di widow and di stranger, and dey murder di pikin wey no get papa. ⁷ Dem talk say, “Oga no dey see; God of Jacob no dey notice anything.”

⁸ Make una hear well, una people wey no get sense among di people; una foolish people, na wen una go wise? ⁹ Di one wey plant ear, e no dey hear? Di one wey make eye, e no dey see? ¹⁰ Di one wey dey discipline nations, e no go correct dem — di one wey dey teach mankind knowledge? ¹¹ our Papa know di thoughts of mankind, say dem be just breath.

¹² Blessing dey for di person wey you dey discipline, our Papa, and wey you dey teach from your law, ¹³ as you dey give am rest from di days of trouble, till dem dig pit for di wicked people. ¹⁴ Because our Papa no go leave im people; e no go abandon im inheritance. ¹⁵ Because justice go return to di correct-and-holy people, and all di people wey get upright heart go follow am.

¹⁶ Who go stand up for me against di wicked people? Who go stand for me against di people wey dey do evil? ¹⁷ If our Papa no bin be my help, my soul for don quick go rest for di silence of death. ¹⁸ Wen I talk say, “My leg dey slip,” your Covenant love, our Papa, hold me up. ¹⁹ Wen worry plenty for inside me, your comfort bring joy come my soul.

²⁰ Corrupt throne fit join with you — di one wey dey write injustice put for law? ²¹ Dem dey gather together against di life of di correct-and-holy people and dey condemn di innocent people to death. ²² But our Papa don become my strong place, and our Papa be di rock wey I dey hide. ²³ E go turn dem own iniquity back to dem and go destroy dem because of dem wickedness; our Papa go destroy dem.