Abụ Ọma 63

1 Abụ Ọma Devid, mgbe ọ nọ nʼọzara Juda. O Chineke, ị bụ Chineke m, e ji m obi m niile na-achọ gị; akpịrị na-akpọ mkpụrụobi m nkụ, anụ ahụ m na-achọsi gị ike, nʼala kpọrọ nkụ na nke ịda mba ebe mmiri na-adịghị nʼime ya.

[A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.] God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

2 Ahụla m gị nʼụlọnsọ gị, hụkwa ike gị na ebube gị.

So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.

3 Nʼihi na ịhụnanya gị dị mma karịa ndụ, aga m eji egbugbere ọnụ m jaa gị mma.

Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.

4 Ogologo ụbọchị m niile ka m ga-eto gị, aga m eweli aka m abụọ elu kpọkuo aha gị.

So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.

5 Mkpụrụobi m ga-enwe afọ ojuju dịka onye ji ezi nri rijuo afọ; aga m eji egbugbere ọnụ jupụtara nʼabụ too gị.

My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

6 Nʼelu ihe ndina m, ana m echeta gị, ana m atụgharị uche nʼihe banyere gị, ogologo abalị niile.

when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.

7 Nʼihi na ị bụ onye inyeaka m, ana m abụ abụ nʼokpuru ndo nke nku gị.

For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

8 Mkpụrụobi m na-arapara gị nʼahụ; aka nri gị na-ejigide m.

My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.

9 A ga-ala ndị na-achọ ndụ m nʼiyi; ha ga-arịda ruo ebe omimi nke ụwa.

But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

10 A ga-eji mma agha laa ha nʼiyi, ha ga-abụkwa nri nye nkịta ọhịa.

They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.

11 Ma eze ga-aṅụrị ọṅụ nʼime Chineke; ndị niile na-eji aha Chineke aṅụ iyi ga-eto ya, ma a ga-eme ka ọnụ ndị niile na-agha ụgha dere duu.

But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.