Psalms 119
1 Ìbùkún ni fún àwọn ẹni tí ọ̀nà wọn wà láìlẹ́ṣẹ̀, ẹni tí í rìn ní ìbámu pẹ̀lú òfin Olúwa.
ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
2 Ìbùkún ni fún àwọn ẹni tí ń pa òfin rẹ̀ mọ́ tí wọn sì ń wá a pẹ̀lú gbogbo ọkàn wọn.
Blessed are they who search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart.
3 Wọn kò ṣe ohun tí kò dára; wọ́n rìn ní ọ̀nà rẹ̀.
For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways.
4 Ìwọ ti la ìlànà rẹ̀ sílẹ̀ kí a sì pa wọ́n mọ́ gidigidi.
Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently.
5 Ọ̀nà mi ìbá dúró ṣinṣin láti máa pa òfin rẹ̀ mọ́!
O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications.
6 Nígbà náà, ojú kò ní tì mí nígbà tí mo bá ń kíyèsi àṣẹ rẹ̀ gbogbo.
Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments.
7 Èmi yóò yìn ọ́ pẹ̀lú ọkàn ìdúró ṣinṣin bí èmi bá ti kọ́ òfin òdodo rẹ̀.
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice.
8 Èmi yóò gbọ́rọ̀ sí àṣẹ rẹ̀, má ṣe kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀ pátápátá.
I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me.
9 Báwo ni àwọn ọ̀dọ́ yóò ti ṣe pa ọ̀nà rẹ̀ mọ́? Láti máa gbé ní ìbámu sí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
BETH. By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words.
10 Èmi wá ọ pẹ̀lú gbogbo ọkàn mi má ṣe jẹ́ kí èmi yapa kúrò nínú àṣẹ rẹ.
With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.
11 Èmi ti pa ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ mọ́ ní ọkàn mi kí èmi má ba à ṣẹ̀ sí ọ.
Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.
12 Ìyìn ni fún Olúwa; kọ́ mi ní àṣẹ rẹ.
Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.
13 Pẹ̀lú ètè mi èmi tún ṣírò gbogbo òfin tí ó wá láti ẹnu rẹ.
With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.
14 Èmi ń yọ̀ ní ọ̀nà ẹ̀rí rẹ, bí ènìyàn ṣe ń yọ̀ nínú ọláńlá.
I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
15 Èmi ń ṣe àṣàrò nínú ìlànà rẹ èmi sì kíyèsi ọ̀nà rẹ.
I will meditate on thy commandments: and I will consider thy ways.
16 Inú mi dùn sí àṣẹ rẹ; èmi kì yóò gbàgbé ọ̀nà rẹ.
I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words.
17 Ṣe rere sí ìránṣẹ́ rẹ, èmi yóò sì wà láààyè; èmi yóò ṣe ìgbọ́ràn sí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
GIMEL. Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words.
18 La ojú mi kí èmi lè ríran rí ohun ìyanu tí ó wà nínú òfin rẹ.
Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.
19 Àlejò ní èmi jẹ́ láyé, má ṣe pa àṣẹ rẹ mọ́ fún mi.
I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20 Ọkàn mi pòruurù pẹ̀lú ìfojúsọ́nà nítorí òfin rẹ nígbà gbogbo.
My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.
21 Ìwọ fi àwọn agbéraga bú, àwọn tí a fi gégùn ún tí ó ṣìnà kúrò nínú àṣẹ rẹ.
Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments.
22 Mú ẹ̀gàn àti àbùkù kúrò lára mi, nítorí èmi pa òfin rẹ mọ́.
Remove from reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies.
23 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé àwọn alákòóso kójọpọ̀, wọ́n ń sọ̀rọ̀ ìbàjẹ́ sí mi, ṣùgbọ́n ìránṣẹ́ rẹ ń ṣe àṣàrò nínú àṣẹ rẹ.
For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications.
24 Òfin rẹ ni dídùn inú mi; àwọn ní olùbádámọ̀ràn mi.
For thy testimonies are my (meditation) and thy justifications my counsel.
25 Ọkàn mí lẹ̀ mọ́ erùpẹ̀; ìwọ sọ mí di ààyè gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
DALETH. My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word.
26 Èmi tún ọ̀nà mi ṣírò ìwọ sì dá mi lóhùn; kọ́ mi ní àṣẹ rẹ.
I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: teach me thy justifications.
27 Jẹ́ kí n mọ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlànà rẹ: nígbà náà ni èmi yóò ṣe àṣàrò iṣẹ́ ìyanu rẹ.
Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works.
28 Ọkàn mi ń ṣe àárẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ìbànújẹ́; fi agbára fún mi gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.
29 Pa mí mọ́ kúrò nínú ọ̀nà ẹ̀tàn fún mi ní oore-ọ̀fẹ́ nípa òfin rẹ.
Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me.
30 Èmi ti yan ọ̀nà òtítọ́ èmi ti gbé ọkàn mi lé òfin rẹ.
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.
31 Èmi yára di òfin rẹ mú. Olúwa má ṣe jẹ́ kí ojú kí ó tì mí.
I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame.
32 Èmi sáré ní ipa ọ̀nà àṣẹ rẹ, nítorí ìwọ, ti tú ọkàn mi sílẹ̀.
I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.
33 Kọ́ mi, Olúwa, láti tẹ̀lé àṣẹ rẹ; nígbà náà ni èmi yóò pa wọ́n mọ́ dé òpin.
HE. Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it.
34 Fún mi ní òye, èmi yóò sì pa òfin rẹ mọ́ èmi yóò sì máa kíyèsi i pẹ̀lú ọkàn mi.
Give me understanding, and I will search thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart.
35 Fi ipa ọ̀nà àṣẹ rẹ hàn mí, nítorí nínú rẹ̀ ni èmi rí inú dídùn.
Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired.
36 Yí ọkàn mi padà sí òfin rẹ kí ó má ṣe sí ojúkòkòrò mọ́.
Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness.
37 Yí ojú mi padà kúrò láti máa wo ohun asán: pa ọ̀nà mi mọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.
38 Mú ìlérí rẹ sẹ sí ìránṣẹ́ rẹ, nítorí òfin rẹ dára.
Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.
39 Yí ẹ̀gàn mi padà tí mo bẹ̀rù nítorí tí ìdájọ́ rẹ dára.
Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful.
40 Kíyèsi i, ọkàn mi ti fà sí ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ! Pa ayé mi mọ́ nínú òdodo rẹ.
Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice.
41 Jẹ́ kí ìfẹ́ rẹ tí kì í kùnà wá bá mi, Olúwa, ìgbàlà rẹ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpinnu rẹ.
VAU. Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word.
42 Nígbà náà ni èmi yóò dá ẹni tí ń sọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀gàn sí mi lóhùn, nítorí èmi gbẹ́kẹ̀lé ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I have trusted in thy words.
43 Má ṣe gba ọ̀rọ̀ òtítọ́ láti ẹnu mi nítorí èmi ti gbé ìrètí mi sínú àṣẹ rẹ.
And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words have I hoped exceedingly.
44 Èmi yóò máa gbọ́rọ̀ sí òfin rẹ nígbà gbogbo láé àti láéláé.
So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.
45 Èmi yóò máa rìn káàkiri ní òmìnira, nítorí èmi ti kígbe ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ jáde.
And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments.
46 Èmi yóò sọ̀rọ̀ òfin rẹ níwájú àwọn ọba ojú kì yóò sì tì mí,
And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed.
47 nítorí èmi ní inú dídùn nínú àṣẹ rẹ nítorí èmi ní ìfẹ́ wọn.
I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.
48 Èmi gbé ọwọ́ mi sókè nítorí àṣẹ rẹ, èyí tí èmi fẹ́ràn, èmi sì ń ṣe àṣàrò òfin rẹ̀.
And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications.
49 Rántí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ sí ìránṣẹ́ rẹ, nítorí ìwọ ti fún mi ní ìrètí.
ZAIN. Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope.
50 Ìtùnú mi nínú ìpọ́njú mi ni èyí: ìpinnu rẹ pa ayé mi mọ́.
This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me.
51 Àwọn agbéraga fi mí ṣe ẹlẹ́yà láì dádúró, ṣùgbọ́n èmi kò padà nínú òfin rẹ.
The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law.
52 Èmi rántí àwọn òfin rẹ ìgbàanì, Olúwa, èmi sì rí ìtùnú nínú wọn.
I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted.
53 Ìbínú dì mímú ṣinṣin nítorí àwọn ẹni búburú, tí wọ́n ti kọ òfin rẹ sílẹ̀.
A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
54 Òfin rẹ ni ọ̀rọ̀ ìpìlẹ̀ orin mi níbikíbi tí èmi ń gbé.
Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage.
55 Ní òru èmi rántí orúkọ rẹ, Olúwa, èmi yóò sì pa òfin rẹ mọ́
In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law.
56 nítorí tí mo gba ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ gbọ́.
This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.
57 Ìwọ ni ìpín mi, Olúwa: èmi ti pinnu láti tẹríba sí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
HETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep the law.
58 Èmi ti wá ojú rẹ pẹ̀lú gbogbo ọkàn mi: fún mi ní oore-ọ̀fẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpinnu rẹ.
I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word.
59 Èmi ti kíyèsi ọ̀nà mi èmi sì ti gbé ìgbésẹ̀ mi sí òfin rẹ.
I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60 Èmi yóò yára, ń kò ni lọ́ra láti gbọ́rọ̀ sí àṣẹ rẹ.
I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments.
61 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé àwọn ẹni búburú dì mí pẹ̀lú okùn, èmi kò ní gbàgbé òfin rẹ.
The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
62 Ní àárín ọ̀gànjọ́ òru èmi dìde láti fi ọpẹ́ fún ọ nítorí òfin òdodo rẹ.
I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification.
63 Èmi jẹ́ ọ̀rẹ́ sí gbogbo àwọn tí ó bẹ̀rù rẹ, sí gbogbo àwọn tí ń tẹ̀lé ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments.
64 Ayé kún fún ìfẹ́ rẹ, Olúwa, kọ́ mi ní òfin rẹ.
The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications.
65 Ṣe rere sí ìránṣẹ́ rẹ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ, Olúwa.
TETH. Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.
66 Kọ́ mi ní ìmọ̀ àti ìdájọ́ rere, nítorí mo gbàgbọ́ nínú àṣẹ rẹ.
Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments.
67 Kí a tó pọ́n mi lójú èmi ti ṣìnà, ṣùgbọ́n ni ìsinsin yìí èmi gbọ́rọ̀ sí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.
68 Ìwọ dára, ohun tí ìwọ sì ń ṣe rere ni; kọ́ mi ní ìlànà rẹ.
Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.
69 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé àwọn agbéraga ti gbìmọ̀ èké sí mí, èmi pa ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ mọ́ pẹ̀lú gbogbo ọkàn mi.
The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.
70 Ọkàn wọn yigbì kò sì ní àánú, ṣùgbọ́n èmi ní inú dídùn nínú òfin rẹ.
Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy law.
71 Ó dára fún mi kí a pọ́n mi lójú nítorí kí èmi lè kọ́ òfin rẹ.
It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.
72 Òfin tí ó jáde láti ẹnu rẹ ju iyebíye sí mi lọ ó ju ẹgbẹ̀rún ẹyọ fàdákà àti wúrà lọ.
The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.
73 Ọwọ́ rẹ ni ó dá mi tí ó sì mọ mí; fún mi ní òye láti kọ́ àṣẹ rẹ.
JOD. Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.
74 Jẹ́ kí gbogbo àwọn tí ó bẹ̀rù rẹ máa yọ̀ nígbà tí wọ́n bá rí mi, nítorí èmi ti mú ìrètí mi sínú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: because I have greatly hoped in thy words.
75 Èmi mọ, Olúwa, nítorí òfin rẹ òdodo ni, àti ní òtítọ́ ni ìwọ pọ́n mi lójú.
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.
76 Kí ìfẹ́ rẹ tí kì í kùnà jẹ́ ìtùnú mi, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpinnu rẹ sí ìránṣẹ́ rẹ.
O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
77 Jẹ́ kí àánú rẹ kí ó tọ̀ mí wá, kí èmi kí ó lè yè, nítorí òfin rẹ jẹ́ ìdùnnú mi.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my (meditation)
78 Kí ojú kí ó ti àwọn agbéraga nítorí wọn pa mí lára láìnídìí ṣùgbọ́n èmi yóò máa ṣe àṣàrò nínú ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments.
79 Kí àwọn tí ó bẹ̀rù rẹ yí padà sí mi, àwọn tí ó ní òye òfin rẹ.
Let them that fear thee turn to me and they that know thy testimonies.
80 Jẹ́ kí ọkàn mi wà láìlẹ́bi sí òfin rẹ, kí ojú kí ó má ṣe tì mí.
Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.
81 Ọkàn mi ń fojú ṣọ́nà nítorí ìgbàlà rẹ, ṣùgbọ́n èmi ti fi ìrètí mi sínú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
CAPH. My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped.
82 Ojú mi kùnà, pẹ̀lú wíwo ìpinnu rẹ; èmi wí pé, “Nígbà wo ni ìwọ yóò tù mí nínú?”
My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me?
83 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé èmi dàbí awọ-wáìnì lójú èéfín, èmi kò gbàgbé ìlànà rẹ.
For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications.
84 Báwo ni ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ yóò ṣe dúró pẹ́ tó? Nígbà wo ni ìwọ yóò bá àwọn tí ń ṣe inúnibíni sí mi wí?
How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85 Àwọn agbéraga wa ihò ìṣubú fún mi, tí ó lòdì sí òfin rẹ.
The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.
86 Gbogbo àṣẹ rẹ yẹ ní ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé; ràn mí lọ́wọ́, nítorí ènìyàn ń ṣe inúnibíni sí mi láìnídìí.
All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.
87 Wọ́n fẹ́rẹ pa mí rẹ́ kúrò nínú ayé, ṣùgbọ́n èmi kò kọ ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.
88 Pa ayé mi mọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìfẹ́ rẹ, èmi yóò sì gba ẹ̀rí ẹnu rẹ̀ gbọ́.
Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
89 Ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ, Olúwa, títí láé ni; ó dúró ṣinṣin ní ọ̀run.
LAMED. For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
90 Òtítọ́ rẹ̀ ń lọ dé gbogbo ìran dé ìran; ìwọ ti dá ayé, ó sì dúró ṣinṣin.
Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.
91 Òfin rẹ dúró di òní nítorí ohun gbogbo ń sìn ọ́.
By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.
92 Bí òfin rẹ̀ kò bá jẹ́ dídùn inú mi, èmi ìbá ti ṣègbé nínú ìpọ́njú mi.
Unless thy law had been my (meditation) I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.
93 Èmi kì yóò gbàgbé ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ láé, nítorí nípa wọn ni ìwọ ti pa ayé mi mọ́.
Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life.
94 Gbà mí, nítorí èmi jẹ́ tìrẹ èmi ti wá ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.
95 Àwọn ẹni búburú dúró láti pa mí run, ṣùgbọ́n èmi yóò kíyèsi ẹ̀rí rẹ.
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.
96 Sí ohun pípé gbogbo èmi ti rí òpin; ṣùgbọ́n àṣẹ rẹ aláìlópin ni.
I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
97 Báwo ni èmi ti fẹ́ òfin rẹ tó! Èmi ń ṣe àṣàrò nínú rẹ̀ ní gbogbo ọjọ́ pípẹ́ wá.
MEM. O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
98 Àṣẹ rẹ mú mi gbọ́n ju àwọn ọ̀tá mi lọ, nítorí wọ́n wà pẹ̀lú mi láé.
Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.
99 Èmi ní iyè inú ju gbogbo olùkọ́ mi lọ, nítorí èmi ń ṣe àṣàrò nínú òfin rẹ.
I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my (meditation)
100 Èmi ni òye ju àwọn àgbà lọ, nítorí mo gba ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.
101 Èmi ti pa ẹsẹ̀ mi mọ́ nínú gbogbo ọ̀nà ibi nítorí kí èmi lè gba ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words.
102 Èmi kò yà kúrò nínú òfin rẹ, nítorí ìwọ fúnra rẹ̀ ni ó kọ́ mi.
I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law.
103 Báwo ni ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ ṣe dùn mọ́ mi lẹ́nu tó, ó dùn ju oyin lọ ní ẹnu mi!
How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.
104 Èmi rí òye gbà nínú ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ; nítorí náà èmi kórìíra gbogbo ọ̀nà tí kò tọ́.
By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.
105 Ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ ni fìtílà sí ẹsẹ̀ mi àti ìmọ́lẹ̀ sí ipa ọ̀nà mi.
NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
106 Èmi ti ṣe ìbúra èmi sì ti tẹnumọ́ ọn wí pé èmi yóò máa tẹ̀lé òfin òdodo rẹ.
I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice.
107 A pọ́n mi lójú gidigidi; Olúwa, sọ mi di ààyè, gẹ́gẹ́ bi ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ
I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.
108 Olúwa, gba ìyìn àtinúwá ẹnu mi, kí o sì kọ́ mi ní òfin rẹ̀.
The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments.
109 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ayé mi wà ni ọwọ́ mi nígbà gbogbo, èmi kò ní gbàgbé òfin rẹ.
My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law.
110 Àwọn ẹni búburú ti dẹ okùn sílẹ̀ fún mi, ṣùgbọ́n èmi kò ṣìnà kúrò nínú ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.
111 Òfin rẹ ni ogún mi láéláé; àwọn ni ayọ̀ ọkàn mi.
I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart.
112 Ọkàn mi ti lé pípa òfin rẹ mọ́ láé dé òpin.
I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward.
113 Èmi kórìíra àwọn ọlọ́kàn méjì, ṣùgbọ́n èmi fẹ́ òfin rẹ.
SAMECH. I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law.
114 Ìwọ ni ààbò mi àti asà mi; èmi ti mú ìrètí mi sínú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.
115 Ẹ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ mi, ẹ̀yin olùṣe búburú, kí èmi lè pa àṣẹ Ọlọ́run mi mọ́!
Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the commandments of my God.
116 Gbé mi sókè gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ, kí èmi kí ó lè yè Má sì jẹ́ kí ojú ìrètí mi kí ó tì mí.
Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation.
117 Gbé mi sókè, èmí yóò sì wa láìléwu; nígbà gbogbo ni èmi yóò máa júbà òfin rẹ.
Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on thy justifications.
118 Ìwọ kọ gbogbo àwọn tí ó ṣìnà kúrò nínú òfin rẹ, nítorí ẹ̀tàn wọn asán ni.
Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust.
119 Gbogbo àwọn ẹni búburú ní ayé ni ìwọ yọ kúrò bí i ìdàrọ́; nítorí náà, èmi fẹ́ òfin rẹ̀.
I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies.
120 Ara mi wárìrì ní ìbẹ̀rù nítorí rẹ̀: èmi dúró ní ìbẹ̀rù òfin rẹ.
Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 Èmi ti ṣe ohun tí i ṣe òdodo àti ẹ̀tọ́: má ṣe fi mí sílẹ̀ fún àwọn tó ń ni mí lára.
AIN. I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me.
122 Mú kí àlàáfíà ìránṣẹ́ rẹ dájú: má ṣe jẹ́ kí àwọn agbéraga ni mi lára.
Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me.
123 Ojú mi kùnà, fún wíwo ìgbàlà rẹ, fún wíwo ìpinnu òdodo rẹ.
My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice.
124 Ṣe pẹ̀lú ìránṣẹ́ rẹ gẹ́gẹ́ bí dídúró ṣinṣin ìfẹ́ rẹ kí o sì kọ́ mi ní àṣẹ rẹ.
Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications.
125 Èmi ni ìránṣẹ́ rẹ; ẹ fún mi ní òye kí èmi lè ní òye òfin rẹ
I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.
126 Ó tó àsìkò fún ọ láti ṣe iṣẹ́, Olúwa; nítorí òfin rẹ ti fọ́.
It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.
127 Nítorí èmi fẹ́ràn àṣẹ rẹ ju wúrà, àní ju wúrà dídára lọ,
Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz.
128 nítorí èmi kíyèsi gbogbo ẹ̀kọ́ òtítọ́ rẹ̀, èmi kórìíra gbogbo ipa ọ̀nà búburú.
Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways.
129 Òfin rẹ̀ ìyanu ni: nítorí náà èmi gbà wọ́n gbọ́.
PHE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them.
130 Ìṣípayá ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ mú ìmọ́lẹ̀ wá; ó fi òye fún àwọn òpè.
The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones.
131 Èmi ya ẹnu mi mo sì mí hẹlẹ, nítorí èmi fojú ṣọ́nà sí àṣẹ rẹ.
I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.
132 Yí padà sí mi kí o sì ṣàánú fún mi, bí ìwọ ṣe máa ń ṣe nígbà gbogbo sí àwọn tí ó fẹ́ràn orúkọ rẹ.
Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of them that love thy name.
133 Fi ìṣísẹ̀ mi múlẹ̀ nínú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ, má ṣe jẹ́ kí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ borí mi.
Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Rà mí padà lọ́wọ́ aninilára ènìyàn, kí èmi lè gbọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments.
135 Jẹ́ kí ojú rẹ kí ó tàn sí ìránṣẹ́ rẹ lára kí ó sì kọ́ mi ní àṣẹ rẹ.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.
136 Omijé sàn jáde ní ojú mi, nítorí wọn kò gba pé òfin rẹ̀ jẹ́ òtítọ́.
My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law.
137 Olódodo ni ìwọ Olúwa ìdájọ́ rẹ sì dúró ṣinṣin.
SADE. Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right.
138 Òfin ti ìwọ gbé kalẹ̀ jẹ́ òdodo: wọ́n yẹ ni ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé.
Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly.
139 Ìtara mi ti pa mí run, nítorí àwọn ọ̀tá mi fi ojú fo ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ dá.
My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.
140 Wọ́n ti dán ìpinnu rẹ wò pátápátá ìránṣẹ́ rẹ sì fẹ́ràn wọ́n.
Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.
141 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé èmi jẹ́ onírẹ̀lẹ̀ àti ẹni ẹ̀gàn èmi kò ni gbàgbé ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
I am very young and despised; but I forgot not thy justifications.
142 Òdodo rẹ wà títí láé òtítọ́ ni òfin rẹ̀.
Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth.
143 Ìyọnu àti ìpọ́njú wá sórí mi, ṣùgbọ́n àṣẹ rẹ ni inú dídùn mi.
Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my (meditation)
144 Òfin rẹ jẹ́ òtítọ́ láé; fún mi ní òye kí èmi lè yè.
Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
145 Èmi kígbe pẹ̀lú gbogbo ọkàn mi: dá mi lóhùn Olúwa, èmi yóò sì gbọ́rọ̀ sí àṣẹ rẹ.
COPH. I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications.
146 Èmi kígbe pè ọ́; gbà mí èmi yóò sì pa òfin rẹ mọ́.
I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments.
147 Èmi dìde ṣáájú àfẹ̀mọ́júmọ́ èmi ké fún ìrànlọ́wọ́; èmi ti mú ìrètí mi sínú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped.
148 Ojú mi ṣáájú ìṣọ́ òru, nítorí kí èmi lè ṣe àṣàrò nínú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words.
149 Gbọ́ ohùn mi ní ìṣọ̀kan pẹ̀lú ìfẹ́ rẹ: pa ayé mi mọ́, Olúwa, gẹ́gẹ́ bí òfin rẹ.
Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy mercy.
150 Àwọn tí ń gbìmọ̀ ìlànà búburú wà ní tòsí, ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n jìnnà sí òfin rẹ.
They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from the law.
151 Síbẹ̀ ìwọ wà ní tòsí, Olúwa, àti gbogbo àṣẹ rẹ jẹ́ òtítọ́.
Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.
152 Láti ọjọ́ pípẹ́ wá èmi ti kọ́ nínú òfin rẹ tí ìwọ ti fi ìdí wọn múlẹ̀ láéláé.
I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever.
153 Wo ìpọ́njú mi kí o sì gbà mí, nítorí èmi kò gbàgbé òfin rẹ.
RES. See my humiliation and deliver me: for I have not forgotten the law.
154 Gba ẹjọ́ mi rò kí o sì rà mí padà; pa ayé mi mọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpinnu rẹ.
Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word’s sake.
155 Ìgbàlà jìnnà sí àwọn ẹni búburú nítorí wọn kò wá àṣẹ rẹ.
Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.
156 Ìyọ́nú rẹ̀ tóbi, Olúwa; pa ayé mi mọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí òfin rẹ.
Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment.
157 Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ni àwọn ọ̀tá tí wọ́n ń ṣe inúnibíni sí mi, ṣùgbọ́n èmi kò tí ì yípadà kúrò nínú òfin rẹ.
Many are they that persecute me, and afflict me; but I have not declined from thy testimonies.
158 Èmi wo àwọn ẹlẹ́tàn, inú mi sì bàjẹ́ nítorí wọn kò gba ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ gbọ́.
I beheld the transgressors, and I pined away; because they kept not thy word.
159 Wo bí èmi ṣe fẹ́ràn ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ; pa ayé mi mọ́, Olúwa, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìfẹ́ rẹ.
Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou in thy mercy.
160 Òtítọ́ ni gbogbo ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ; gbogbo òfin òdodo rẹ láéláé ni.
The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever.
161 Àwọn alákòóso ṣe inúnibíni sí mi láìnídìí, ṣùgbọ́n ọkàn mi wárìrì sí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
SIN. Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.
162 Èmi yọ̀ nínú ìpinnu rẹ bí ẹni tí ó rí ìkógun púpọ̀.
I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil.
163 Èmi kórìíra mo sì kọ èké ṣíṣe ṣùgbọ́n mo fẹ́ràn òfin rẹ.
I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law.
164 Èmi yìn ọ́ ní ìgbà méje lójúmọ́ nítorí òfin òdodo rẹ.
Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice.
165 Àlàáfíà púpọ̀ wà fún àwọn tí ó ní ìfẹ́ sí òfin rẹ, kò sì ṣí ohun tí ó lè mú wọn kọsẹ̀.
Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block.
166 Èmi yóò dúró de ìgbàlà rẹ, Olúwa, èmi yóò sì tẹ̀lé àṣẹ rẹ.
I looked to thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments.
167 Èmi gba òfin rẹ gbọ́, nítorí mo fẹ́ràn wọn púpọ̀púpọ̀.
My soul hath kept thy testimonies: and hath loved them exceedingly.
168 Èmi ṣe ìgbọ́ràn sí ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ àti òfin rẹ, nítorí ìwọ mọ gbogbo ọ̀nà mi.
I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight.
169 Jẹ́ kí igbe mi wá sí iwájú rẹ, Olúwa; fún mi ní òye gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
TAU. Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word.
170 Jẹ́ kí ẹ̀bẹ̀ mi wá sí iwájú rẹ; gbà mí gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpinnu rẹ.
Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word.
171 Ètè mi yóò sọ ìyìn jáde, nítorí ìwọ kọ́ mi ní ìlànà rẹ.
My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications.
172 Jẹ́ kí ahọ́n mi kọ orin ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ, nítorí gbogbo àṣẹ rẹ jẹ́ òdodo.
My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice.
173 Jẹ́ kí ọwọ́ rẹ ṣetán láti ràn mí lọ́wọ́, nítorí èmi ti yan ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174 Èmi wo ọ̀nà fún ìgbàlà rẹ, Olúwa, àti òfin rẹ jẹ́ dídùn inú mi.
I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my (meditation)
175 Jẹ́ kí èmi wà láààyè ki èmi lè yìn ọ́, kí o sì jẹ́ kí òfin rẹ mú mi dúró.
My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall help me.
176 Èmí ti ṣìnà bí àgùntàn tí ó sọnù. Wá ìránṣẹ́ rẹ, nítorí èmi kò gbàgbé àṣẹ rẹ.
I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.
