< Psalms 17 >
1 A Prayer of David. Lord, listen to my justice, attend to my supplication. Pay attention to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.
Àdúrà ti Dafidi. Gbọ́, Olúwa, ẹ̀bẹ̀ òtítọ́ mi; fi etí sí igbe mi. Tẹ́tí sí àdúrà mi tí kò ti ètè ẹ̀tàn jáde.
2 Let my judgment proceed from your presence. Let your eyes behold fairness.
Kí ìdáláre mi wá láti ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ; kí ojú rẹ kí ó rí ohun tí ó tọ́.
3 You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.
Ìwọ ti dán àyà mi wò, ìwọ sì bẹ̀ mí wò ní òru, o sì ti wádìí mi, ìwọ kì yóò rí ohunkóhun èmi ti pinnu pé, ẹnu mi kì yóò ṣẹ̀.
4 Therefore, may my mouth not speak the works of men. I have kept to difficult ways because of the words of your lips.
Bí ó ṣe ti iṣẹ́ ènìyàn nípa ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu rẹ, èmi ti pa ara mi mọ́ kúrò ní ọ̀nà àwọn ìkà.
5 Perfect my steps in your paths, so that my footsteps may not be disturbed.
Ìrìn mí ti jẹ mọ́ ọ̀nà rẹ; ẹsẹ̀ mi kì yóò yọ̀.
6 I have cried out because you, O God, have listened to me. Incline your ear to me and heed my words.
Èmi ké pè ọ́, Ọlọ́run, nítorí tí ìwọ yóò dá mi lóhùn dẹ etí rẹ sí mi kí o sì gbọ́ àdúrà mi.
7 Make your mercies wonderful, for you save those who hope in you.
Fi ìṣeun ìyanu ìfẹ́ ńlá rẹ hàn ìwọ tí ó fi ọwọ́ ọ̀tún rẹ gba àwọn tí ó gbẹ́kẹ̀lé ọ là lọ́wọ́ àwọn ọ̀tá tí ó dìde sí wọn.
8 From those who resist your right hand, preserve me like the pupil of your eye. Protect me under the shadow of your wings,
Pa mí mọ́ bí ẹyin ojú rẹ; fi mí pamọ́ sí abẹ́ òjìji ìyẹ́ apá rẹ,
9 from the face of the impious who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul.
lọ́wọ́ àwọn ènìyàn búburú tí ń fóròó mi, kúrò ní ọwọ́ àwọn ọ̀tá apani tí ó yí mi ká.
10 They have concealed their fatness; their mouth has been speaking arrogantly.
Wọ́n pa ọkàn aláìláàánú wọn mọ́, wọ́n sì fi ẹnu wọn sọ̀rọ̀ ìgbéraga.
11 They have cast me out, and now they have surrounded me. They have cast their eyes down to the earth.
Wọ́n sì mú mi mọ́lẹ̀, wọ́n sì yí mi ká, pẹ̀lú ojú ìṣọ́ra láti ṣọ́ mi sílẹ̀.
12 They have taken me, like a lion ready for the prey, and like a young lion dwelling in hiding.
Wọn dàbí i kìnnìún tí ebi ń pa fún ìjẹ, àní bí kìnnìún ńlá tí ó ń ba níbi ìkọ̀kọ̀.
13 Rise up, O Lord, arrive before him and displace him. Deliver my soul from the impious one: your spear from the enemies of your hand.
Dìde, Olúwa, dojúkọ wọ́n, rẹ̀ wọ́n sílẹ̀; gbà mí sílẹ̀ lọ́wọ́ ẹni búburú nípa idà rẹ.
14 Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life. Their gut has been filled from your hidden stores. They have been filled with sons, and they have bequeathed to their little ones the remainder.
Olúwa, nípa ọwọ́ rẹ, gbà mí kúrò lọ́wọ́ irú àwọn ènìyàn bẹ́ẹ̀, kúrò lọ́wọ́ àwọn ènìyàn ayé yìí, tí èrè wọn wà nínú ayé yìí. Ìwọ ń pa ebi àwọn tí ìwọ fẹ́ràn lẹ́nu mọ́; àwọn ọmọ wọn sì ní ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀, wọ́n sì kó ọrọ̀ jọ fún àwọn ọmọ wọn.
15 But as for me, I will appear before your sight in justice. I will be satisfied when your glory appears.
Ṣùgbọ́n ní tèmi, èmi yóò máa wo ojú rẹ ní òdodo; nígbà tí èmi bá jí, èmi yóò ní ìtẹ́lọ́rùn nígbà tí èmi bá rí àwòrán rẹ.