Psalms 119
1 Ìbùkún ni fún àwọn ẹni tí ọ̀nà wọn wà láìlẹ́ṣẹ̀, ẹni tí í rìn ní ìbámu pẹ̀lú òfin Olúwa.
Happy they whose life is blameless, who walk by 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.
Happy they who keep his charges, and seek him with all their hearts;
3 Wọn kò ṣe ohun tí kò dára; wọ́n rìn ní ọ̀nà rẹ̀.
who have done no wrong, but walk in his ways.
4 Ìwọ ti la ìlànà rẹ̀ sílẹ̀ kí a sì pa wọ́n mọ́ gidigidi.
You yourself have appointed your precepts to be kept with diligence.
5 Ọ̀nà mi ìbá dúró ṣinṣin láti máa pa òfin rẹ̀ mọ́!
O to be steadily guided in the keeping of your statutes!
6 Nígbà náà, ojú kò ní tì mí nígbà tí mo bá ń kíyèsi àṣẹ rẹ̀ gbogbo.
Then unashamed shall I be, when I look towards all your commandments.
7 Èmi yóò yìn ọ́ pẹ̀lú ọkàn ìdúró ṣinṣin bí èmi bá ti kọ́ òfin òdodo rẹ̀.
I will thank you with heart unfeigned, when I learn your righteous judgments.
8 Èmi yóò gbọ́rọ̀ sí àṣẹ rẹ̀, má ṣe kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀ pátápátá.
I will observe your statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9 Báwo ni àwọn ọ̀dọ́ yóò ti ṣe pa ọ̀nà rẹ̀ mọ́? Láti máa gbé ní ìbámu sí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
How can a young person keep their life pure? By giving heed to your word.
10 Èmi wá ọ pẹ̀lú gbogbo ọkàn mi má ṣe jẹ́ kí èmi yapa kúrò nínú àṣẹ rẹ.
With all my heart have I sought you, let me not stray from your commandments.
11 Èmi ti pa ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ mọ́ ní ọkàn mi kí èmi má ba à ṣẹ̀ sí ọ.
In my heart have I treasured your word, to keep from sinning against you.
12 Ìyìn ni fún Olúwa; kọ́ mi ní àṣẹ rẹ.
Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes.
13 Pẹ̀lú ètè mi èmi tún ṣírò gbogbo òfin tí ó wá láti ẹnu rẹ.
With my lips have I rehearsed all the judgments of your mouth.
14 Èmi ń yọ̀ ní ọ̀nà ẹ̀rí rẹ, bí ènìyàn ṣe ń yọ̀ nínú ọláńlá.
I delight in the way of your charges, more than in riches of all sorts.
15 Èmi ń ṣe àṣàrò nínú ìlànà rẹ èmi sì kíyèsi ọ̀nà rẹ.
I will muse upon your precepts, and look to your paths.
16 Inú mi dùn sí àṣẹ rẹ; èmi kì yóò gbàgbé ọ̀nà rẹ.
In your statutes I delight, I will not forget your word.
17 Ṣe rere sí ìránṣẹ́ rẹ, èmi yóò sì wà láààyè; èmi yóò ṣe ìgbọ́ràn sí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
Grant that your servant may live, and I will observe your word.
18 La ojú mi kí èmi lè ríran rí ohun ìyanu tí ó wà nínú òfin rẹ.
Open my eyes, that I see wondrous things out of your law.
19 Àlejò ní èmi jẹ́ láyé, má ṣe pa àṣẹ rẹ mọ́ fún mi.
But a guest am I on the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
20 Ọkàn mi pòruurù pẹ̀lú ìfojúsọ́nà nítorí òfin rẹ nígbà gbogbo.
My heart is crushed with longing for your ordinances, at all times.
21 Ìwọ fi àwọn agbéraga bú, àwọn tí a fi gégùn ún tí ó ṣìnà kúrò nínú àṣẹ rẹ.
You rebuke the proud, the accursed, who wander from your commandments.
22 Mú ẹ̀gàn àti àbùkù kúrò lára mi, nítorí èmi pa òfin rẹ mọ́.
Roll away from me scorn and contempt, for I have observed your charges.
23 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé àwọn alákòóso kójọpọ̀, wọ́n ń sọ̀rọ̀ ìbàjẹ́ sí mi, ṣùgbọ́n ìránṣẹ́ rẹ ń ṣe àṣàrò nínú àṣẹ rẹ.
Though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will muse on your statutes.
24 Òfin rẹ ni dídùn inú mi; àwọn ní olùbádámọ̀ràn mi.
Your charges are my delight, they are my counsellors.
25 Ọkàn mí lẹ̀ mọ́ erùpẹ̀; ìwọ sọ mí di ààyè gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
I lie grovelling in the dust; revive me, as you have promised.
26 Èmi tún ọ̀nà mi ṣírò ìwọ sì dá mi lóhùn; kọ́ mi ní àṣẹ rẹ.
I told of my ways, you made answer; teach me your statutes.
27 Jẹ́ kí n mọ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlànà rẹ: nígbà náà ni èmi yóò ṣe àṣàrò iṣẹ́ ìyanu rẹ.
Grant me insight into your precepts, and I will muse on your wonders.
28 Ọkàn mi ń ṣe àárẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ìbànújẹ́; fi agbára fún mi gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
I am overcome with sorrow; raise me up, as you have promised.
29 Pa mí mọ́ kúrò nínú ọ̀nà ẹ̀tàn fún mi ní oore-ọ̀fẹ́ nípa òfin rẹ.
Put the way of falsehood from me, and graciously grant me your law.
30 Èmi ti yan ọ̀nà òtítọ́ èmi ti gbé ọkàn mi lé òfin rẹ.
I have chosen the way of fidelity, your ordinances I long for.
31 Èmi yára di òfin rẹ mú. Olúwa má ṣe jẹ́ kí ojú kí ó tì mí.
I hold fast to your charges: O put me not, Lord, to shame.
32 Èmi sáré ní ipa ọ̀nà àṣẹ rẹ, nítorí ìwọ, ti tú ọkàn mi sílẹ̀.
I will run in the way of your commandments, for you give me room of heart.
33 Kọ́ mi, Olúwa, láti tẹ̀lé àṣẹ rẹ; nígbà náà ni èmi yóò pa wọ́n mọ́ dé òpin.
Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes, and I will keep it to the end,
34 Fún mi ní òye, èmi yóò sì pa òfin rẹ mọ́ èmi yóò sì máa kíyèsi i pẹ̀lú ọkàn mi.
instruct me to keep your law, and I will observe it with all my heart.
35 Fi ipa ọ̀nà àṣẹ rẹ hàn mí, nítorí nínú rẹ̀ ni èmi rí inú dídùn.
Guide me in the path of your commandments, for therein do I delight.
36 Yí ọkàn mi padà sí òfin rẹ kí ó má ṣe sí ojúkòkòrò mọ́.
Incline my heart to your charges, and not to greed of gain.
37 Yí ojú mi padà kúrò láti máa wo ohun asán: pa ọ̀nà mi mọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
Turn away my eyes from vain sights, revive me by your word.
38 Mú ìlérí rẹ sẹ sí ìránṣẹ́ rẹ, nítorí òfin rẹ dára.
Confirm to your servant the promise which is given to those who fear you.
39 Yí ẹ̀gàn mi padà tí mo bẹ̀rù nítorí tí ìdájọ́ rẹ dára.
Remove the reproach which I dread, because your judgments are good.
40 Kíyèsi i, ọkàn mi ti fà sí ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ! Pa ayé mi mọ́ nínú òdodo rẹ.
Behold, I long for your precepts. Quicken me in your righteousness.
41 Jẹ́ kí ìfẹ́ rẹ tí kì í kùnà wá bá mi, Olúwa, ìgbàlà rẹ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpinnu rẹ.
Visit me, Lord, with your love and salvation, as you have promised.
42 Nígbà náà ni èmi yóò dá ẹni tí ń sọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀gàn sí mi lóhùn, nítorí èmi gbẹ́kẹ̀lé ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
So shall I answer my slanderers, for my trust is in your word.
43 Má ṣe gba ọ̀rọ̀ òtítọ́ láti ẹnu mi nítorí èmi ti gbé ìrètí mi sínú àṣẹ rẹ.
Snatch not from my mouth the word of truth, for in your judgments I hope.
44 Èmi yóò máa gbọ́rọ̀ sí òfin rẹ nígbà gbogbo láé àti láéláé.
I will keep your law continually, for ever and evermore.
45 Èmi yóò máa rìn káàkiri ní òmìnira, nítorí èmi ti kígbe ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ jáde.
So shall I walk in wide spaces, for I give my mind to your precepts.
46 Èmi yóò sọ̀rọ̀ òfin rẹ níwájú àwọn ọba ojú kì yóò sì tì mí,
I will speak of your charge before kings, and will not be ashamed thereof.
47 nítorí èmi ní inú dídùn nínú àṣẹ rẹ nítorí èmi ní ìfẹ́ wọn.
Your commandments are my delight, I love them exceedingly.
48 Èmi gbé ọwọ́ mi sókè nítorí àṣẹ rẹ, èyí tí èmi fẹ́ràn, èmi sì ń ṣe àṣàrò òfin rẹ̀.
I will lift up my hands to your commandments, and muse upon your statutes.
49 Rántí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ sí ìránṣẹ́ rẹ, nítorí ìwọ ti fún mi ní ìrètí.
Remember your word to your servant, on which you have made me to hope.
50 Ìtùnú mi nínú ìpọ́njú mi ni èyí: ìpinnu rẹ pa ayé mi mọ́.
This is my comfort in trouble, that your word gives life to me.
51 Àwọn agbéraga fi mí ṣe ẹlẹ́yà láì dádúró, ṣùgbọ́n èmi kò padà nínú òfin rẹ.
The arrogant utterly scorn me, but I have not declined from your law.
52 Èmi rántí àwọn òfin rẹ ìgbàanì, Olúwa, èmi sì rí ìtùnú nínú wọn.
When I think of your judgments of old, O Lord, I take to me comfort.
53 Ìbínú dì mímú ṣinṣin nítorí àwọn ẹni búburú, tí wọ́n ti kọ òfin rẹ sílẹ̀.
I am seized with glowing anger at the wicked who forsake your law.
54 Òfin rẹ ni ọ̀rọ̀ ìpìlẹ̀ orin mi níbikíbi tí èmi ń gbé.
Your statutes have been to me songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 Ní òru èmi rántí orúkọ rẹ, Olúwa, èmi yóò sì pa òfin rẹ mọ́
I remember your name in the night, O Lord and observe your law.
56 nítorí tí mo gba ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ gbọ́.
My lot has been this, that I have kept your precepts.
57 Ìwọ ni ìpín mi, Olúwa: èmi ti pinnu láti tẹríba sí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
My portion are you, O Lord: I have promised to keep your words.
58 Èmi ti wá ojú rẹ pẹ̀lú gbogbo ọkàn mi: fún mi ní oore-ọ̀fẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpinnu rẹ.
I entreat you with all my heart; grant me your promised favor.
59 Èmi ti kíyèsi ọ̀nà mi èmi sì ti gbé ìgbésẹ̀ mi sí òfin rẹ.
I have thought upon my ways, and turned my feet to your charges.
60 Èmi yóò yára, ń kò ni lọ́ra láti gbọ́rọ̀ sí àṣẹ rẹ.
I hasted and tarried not to give heed to your commandments.
61 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé àwọn ẹni búburú dì mí pẹ̀lú okùn, èmi kò ní gbàgbé òfin rẹ.
Though the godless have wound their cords round me, I have not forgotten your law.
62 Ní àárín ọ̀gànjọ́ òru èmi dìde láti fi ọpẹ́ fún ọ nítorí òfin òdodo rẹ.
At midnight I rise to praise you because of your righteous judgments.
63 Èmi jẹ́ ọ̀rẹ́ sí gbogbo àwọn tí ó bẹ̀rù rẹ, sí gbogbo àwọn tí ń tẹ̀lé ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
With all those who fear you I company, aid with those who observe your precepts.
64 Ayé kún fún ìfẹ́ rẹ, Olúwa, kọ́ mi ní òfin rẹ.
The earth, Lord, is full of your kindness; teach me your Statutes.
65 Ṣe rere sí ìránṣẹ́ rẹ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ, Olúwa.
Well have you dealt with your servant, as you have promised, O Lord.
66 Kọ́ mi ní ìmọ̀ àti ìdájọ́ rere, nítorí mo gbàgbọ́ nínú àṣẹ rẹ.
Teach me discretion and knowledge, for I have believed your commandments.
67 Kí a tó pọ́n mi lójú èmi ti ṣìnà, ṣùgbọ́n ni ìsinsin yìí èmi gbọ́rọ̀ sí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
Till trouble came I was a wanderer, but now I observe your word.
68 Ìwọ dára, ohun tí ìwọ sì ń ṣe rere ni; kọ́ mi ní ìlànà rẹ.
You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.
69 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé àwọn agbéraga ti gbìmọ̀ èké sí mí, èmi pa ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ mọ́ pẹ̀lú gbogbo ọkàn mi.
The proud have forged lies against me, but I keep your precepts with all my heart.
70 Ọkàn wọn yigbì kò sì ní àánú, ṣùgbọ́n èmi ní inú dídùn nínú òfin rẹ.
Their heart is gross like fat, but I delight in your law.
71 Ó dára fún mi kí a pọ́n mi lójú nítorí kí èmi lè kọ́ òfin rẹ.
It was good for me to be humbled, that I should learn your statutes.
72 Òfin tí ó jáde láti ẹnu rẹ ju iyebíye sí mi lọ ó ju ẹgbẹ̀rún ẹyọ fàdákà àti wúrà lọ.
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.
73 Ọwọ́ rẹ ni ó dá mi tí ó sì mọ mí; fún mi ní òye láti kọ́ àṣẹ rẹ.
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; make me wise to learn your 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.
Those who fear you shall see me with joy, for in your word have I hoped.
75 Èmi mọ, Olúwa, nítorí òfin rẹ òdodo ni, àti ní òtítọ́ ni ìwọ pọ́n mi lójú.
I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76 Kí ìfẹ́ rẹ tí kì í kùnà jẹ́ ìtùnú mi, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpinnu rẹ sí ìránṣẹ́ rẹ.
Let your love be a comfort to me, for so have you promised your servant.
77 Jẹ́ kí àánú rẹ kí ó tọ̀ mí wá, kí èmi kí ó lè yè, nítorí òfin rẹ jẹ́ ìdùnnú mi.
Visit me with your quickening pity, for your law is my delight.
78 Kí ojú kí ó ti àwọn agbéraga nítorí wọn pa mí lára láìnídìí ṣùgbọ́n èmi yóò máa ṣe àṣàrò nínú ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
Put the proud to shame, who have wronged me falsely: I will muse on your precepts.
79 Kí àwọn tí ó bẹ̀rù rẹ yí padà sí mi, àwọn tí ó ní òye òfin rẹ.
Let those turn to me who fear you, that they may learn your charges.
80 Jẹ́ kí ọkàn mi wà láìlẹ́bi sí òfin rẹ, kí ojú kí ó má ṣe tì mí.
Let my heart be sound in your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
81 Ọkàn mi ń fojú ṣọ́nà nítorí ìgbàlà rẹ, ṣùgbọ́n èmi ti fi ìrètí mi sínú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
My long for you to rescue me, I put my hope in your word.
82 Ojú mi kùnà, pẹ̀lú wíwo ìpinnu rẹ; èmi wí pé, “Nígbà wo ni ìwọ yóò tù mí nínú?”
My eyes pine away for your promise: saying, “When will you comfort me?”
83 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé èmi dàbí awọ-wáìnì lójú èéfín, èmi kò gbàgbé ìlànà rẹ.
Though shrivelled like wine-skin in smoke, your statutes I have not forgotten.
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 few are the days of your servant! When will you judge those who harass me?
85 Àwọn agbéraga wa ihò ìṣubú fún mi, tí ó lòdì sí òfin rẹ.
Proud people have dug for me pits people who do not conform to your law.
86 Gbogbo àṣẹ rẹ yẹ ní ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé; ràn mí lọ́wọ́, nítorí ènìyàn ń ṣe inúnibíni sí mi láìnídìí.
All your commandments are trusty. With falsehood they harass me: help me.
87 Wọ́n fẹ́rẹ pa mí rẹ́ kúrò nínú ayé, ṣùgbọ́n èmi kò kọ ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
They had nearly made an end of me, yet I did not forget your precepts.
88 Pa ayé mi mọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìfẹ́ rẹ, èmi yóò sì gba ẹ̀rí ẹnu rẹ̀ gbọ́.
Spare me in your kindness, and I will observe the charge of your mouth.
89 Ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ, Olúwa, títí láé ni; ó dúró ṣinṣin ní ọ̀run.
Forever, O Lord, is your word fixed firmly in the heavens.
90 Òtítọ́ rẹ̀ ń lọ dé gbogbo ìran dé ìran; ìwọ ti dá ayé, ó sì dúró ṣinṣin.
Your truth endures age after age; it is established on earth, and it stands.
91 Òfin rẹ dúró di òní nítorí ohun gbogbo ń sìn ọ́.
By your appointment they stand this day, for all are your servants.
92 Bí òfin rẹ̀ kò bá jẹ́ dídùn inú mi, èmi ìbá ti ṣègbé nínú ìpọ́njú mi.
Had not your law been my joy, in my misery then had I perished.
93 Èmi kì yóò gbàgbé ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ láé, nítorí nípa wọn ni ìwọ ti pa ayé mi mọ́.
I will never forget your precepts, for through them you have put life in me.
94 Gbà mí, nítorí èmi jẹ́ tìrẹ èmi ti wá ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
I am yours, O save me, for I give my mind to your precepts.
95 Àwọn ẹni búburú dúró láti pa mí run, ṣùgbọ́n èmi yóò kíyèsi ẹ̀rí rẹ.
The wicked lay wait to destroy me, but I give heed to your charge.
96 Sí ohun pípé gbogbo èmi ti rí òpin; ṣùgbọ́n àṣẹ rẹ aláìlópin ni.
I have seen a limit to all things: but your commandment is spacious exceedingly.
97 Báwo ni èmi ti fẹ́ òfin rẹ tó! Èmi ń ṣe àṣàrò nínú rẹ̀ ní gbogbo ọjọ́ pípẹ́ wá.
O how I love your law! All the day long I muse on it.
98 Àṣẹ rẹ mú mi gbọ́n ju àwọn ọ̀tá mi lọ, nítorí wọ́n wà pẹ̀lú mi láé.
Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies: for it is mine forever.
99 Èmi ní iyè inú ju gbogbo olùkọ́ mi lọ, nítorí èmi ń ṣe àṣàrò nínú òfin rẹ.
I am prudent above all my teachers, for your charges are my (meditation)
100 Èmi ni òye ju àwọn àgbà lọ, nítorí mo gba ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
I have insight more than the aged, because I observe your precepts.
101 Èmi ti pa ẹsẹ̀ mi mọ́ nínú gbogbo ọ̀nà ibi nítorí kí èmi lè gba ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
I refrain my foot from all wicked ways, that I may keep your word.
102 Èmi kò yà kúrò nínú òfin rẹ, nítorí ìwọ fúnra rẹ̀ ni ó kọ́ mi.
I turn not aside from your judgments, for you yourself are my teacher.
103 Báwo ni ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ ṣe dùn mọ́ mi lẹ́nu tó, ó dùn ju oyin lọ ní ẹnu mi!
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Èmi rí òye gbà nínú ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ; nítorí náà èmi kórìíra gbogbo ọ̀nà tí kò tọ́.
Insight I win through your precepts, therefore every false way I hate.
105 Ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ ni fìtílà sí ẹsẹ̀ mi àti ìmọ́lẹ̀ sí ipa ọ̀nà mi.
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
106 Èmi ti ṣe ìbúra èmi sì ti tẹnumọ́ ọn wí pé èmi yóò máa tẹ̀lé òfin òdodo rẹ.
I have sworn an oath, and will keep it, to observe your righteous judgments.
107 A pọ́n mi lójú gidigidi; Olúwa, sọ mi di ààyè, gẹ́gẹ́ bi ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ
I am afflicted sorely: revive me, O Lord, as you said.
108 Olúwa, gba ìyìn àtinúwá ẹnu mi, kí o sì kọ́ mi ní òfin rẹ̀.
Accept, Lord, my willing praise, and teach me your judgments.
109 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ayé mi wà ni ọwọ́ mi nígbà gbogbo, èmi kò ní gbàgbé òfin rẹ.
My life is in ceaseless peril; but I do not forget your law.
110 Àwọn ẹni búburú ti dẹ okùn sílẹ̀ fún mi, ṣùgbọ́n èmi kò ṣìnà kúrò nínú ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
The wicked set traps for me, yet I do not stray from your precepts.
111 Òfin rẹ ni ogún mi láéláé; àwọn ni ayọ̀ ọkàn mi.
In your charges are my everlasting inheritance, they are the joy of my heart.
112 Ọkàn mi ti lé pípa òfin rẹ mọ́ láé dé òpin.
I am resolved to perform your statutes forever, to the utmost.
113 Èmi kórìíra àwọn ọlọ́kàn méjì, ṣùgbọ́n èmi fẹ́ òfin rẹ.
I hate people of divided heart, but your law do I love.
114 Ìwọ ni ààbò mi àti asà mi; èmi ti mú ìrètí mi sínú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
You are my shelter and shield: in your word do I hope.
115 Ẹ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ mi, ẹ̀yin olùṣe búburú, kí èmi lè pa àṣẹ Ọlọ́run mi mọ́!
Begone, you wicked people, I will keep the commands 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 and spare me, as you have promised: O disappoint me not.
117 Gbé mi sókè, èmí yóò sì wa láìléwu; nígbà gbogbo ni èmi yóò máa júbà òfin rẹ.
Hold me up, and I shall be saved: and your statutes shall be my unceasing delight.
118 Ìwọ kọ gbogbo àwọn tí ó ṣìnà kúrò nínú òfin rẹ, nítorí ẹ̀tàn wọn asán ni.
All who swerve from your statutes you spurn: their cunning is in vain.
119 Gbogbo àwọn ẹni búburú ní ayé ni ìwọ yọ kúrò bí i ìdàrọ́; nítorí náà, èmi fẹ́ òfin rẹ̀.
All the wicked of earth you count as dross, therefore I love your charges.
120 Ara mi wárìrì ní ìbẹ̀rù nítorí rẹ̀: èmi dúró ní ìbẹ̀rù òfin rẹ.
My flesh, for fear of you, shudders, and I stand in awe of your judgments.
121 Èmi ti ṣe ohun tí i ṣe òdodo àti ẹ̀tọ́: má ṣe fi mí sílẹ̀ fún àwọn tó ń ni mí lára.
Justice and right have I practised, do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Mú kí àlàáfíà ìránṣẹ́ rẹ dájú: má ṣe jẹ́ kí àwọn agbéraga ni mi lára.
Be your servant’s surety for good, let not the proud oppress me.
123 Ojú mi kùnà, fún wíwo ìgbàlà rẹ, fún wíwo ìpinnu òdodo rẹ.
My eyes pine for your salvation, and for your righteous promise.
124 Ṣe pẹ̀lú ìránṣẹ́ rẹ gẹ́gẹ́ bí dídúró ṣinṣin ìfẹ́ rẹ kí o sì kọ́ mi ní àṣẹ rẹ.
Deal in your love with your servant, and teach me your statutes.
125 Èmi ni ìránṣẹ́ rẹ; ẹ fún mi ní òye kí èmi lè ní òye òfin rẹ
Your servant am I; instruct me, that I may know your charges.
126 Ó tó àsìkò fún ọ láti ṣe iṣẹ́, Olúwa; nítorí òfin rẹ ti fọ́.
It is time for the Lord to act: they have violated your law.
127 Nítorí èmi fẹ́ràn àṣẹ rẹ ju wúrà, àní ju wúrà dídára lọ,
Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.
128 nítorí èmi kíyèsi gbogbo ẹ̀kọ́ òtítọ́ rẹ̀, èmi kórìíra gbogbo ipa ọ̀nà búburú.
So by all your precepts I guide me, and every false way I hate.
129 Òfin rẹ̀ ìyanu ni: nítorí náà èmi gbà wọ́n gbọ́.
Your decrees are wonderful, gladly I keep them.
130 Ìṣípayá ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ mú ìmọ́lẹ̀ wá; ó fi òye fún àwọn òpè.
When your word is unfolded, light breaks; it imparts to the simple wisdom.
131 Èmi ya ẹnu mi mo sì mí hẹlẹ, nítorí èmi fojú ṣọ́nà sí àṣẹ rẹ.
With open mouth I pant with longing for your 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.
Turn to me with your favor, as is just to those who love you.
133 Fi ìṣísẹ̀ mi múlẹ̀ nínú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ, má ṣe jẹ́ kí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ borí mi.
Steady my steps by your word, so that sin have no power over me.
134 Rà mí padà lọ́wọ́ aninilára ènìyàn, kí èmi lè gbọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
Set me free from those who oppress me, and I shall observe your precepts.
135 Jẹ́ kí ojú rẹ kí ó tàn sí ìránṣẹ́ rẹ lára kí ó sì kọ́ mi ní àṣẹ rẹ.
Shine with your face on your servant, and teach me your statutes.
136 Omijé sàn jáde ní ojú mi, nítorí wọn kò gba pé òfin rẹ̀ jẹ́ òtítọ́.
My eyes run down with rills of water, because your law is not kept.
137 Olódodo ni ìwọ Olúwa ìdájọ́ rẹ sì dúró ṣinṣin.
Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your ordinances.
138 Òfin ti ìwọ gbé kalẹ̀ jẹ́ òdodo: wọ́n yẹ ni ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé.
The laws you has ordered are just, and trusty exceedingly.
139 Ìtara mi ti pa mí run, nítorí àwọn ọ̀tá mi fi ojú fo ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ dá.
My jealousy has undone me, that my foes have forgotten your words.
140 Wọ́n ti dán ìpinnu rẹ wò pátápátá ìránṣẹ́ rẹ sì fẹ́ràn wọ́n.
Your word has been tested well; and your servant loves it.
141 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé èmi jẹ́ onírẹ̀lẹ̀ àti ẹni ẹ̀gàn èmi kò ni gbàgbé ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
I am little and held in contempt, but your precepts I have not forgotten.
142 Òdodo rẹ wà títí láé òtítọ́ ni òfin rẹ̀.
Just is your justice forever, and trusty is your law.
143 Ìyọnu àti ìpọ́njú wá sórí mi, ṣùgbọ́n àṣẹ rẹ ni inú dídùn mi.
Stress and strain are upon me, but your commandments are my delight.
144 Òfin rẹ jẹ́ òtítọ́ láé; fún mi ní òye kí èmi lè yè.
Right are your charges forever, instruct me that I may live.
145 Èmi kígbe pẹ̀lú gbogbo ọkàn mi: dá mi lóhùn Olúwa, èmi yóò sì gbọ́rọ̀ sí àṣẹ rẹ.
With my whole heart I cry; O answer me. I would keep your statutes, O Lord.
146 Èmi kígbe pè ọ́; gbà mí èmi yóò sì pa òfin rẹ mọ́.
I cry to you: O save me, and I will observe your charges.
147 Èmi dìde ṣáájú àfẹ̀mọ́júmọ́ èmi ké fún ìrànlọ́wọ́; èmi ti mú ìrètí mi sínú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
Ere the dawn I cry for your help: in your word do I hope.
148 Ojú mi ṣáájú ìṣọ́ òru, nítorí kí èmi lè ṣe àṣàrò nínú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
Awake I meet the night-watches, to muse upon your sayings.
149 Gbọ́ ohùn mi ní ìṣọ̀kan pẹ̀lú ìfẹ́ rẹ: pa ayé mi mọ́, Olúwa, gẹ́gẹ́ bí òfin rẹ.
Hear my voice in your kindness: O Lord, by your judgments revive me.
150 Àwọn tí ń gbìmọ̀ ìlànà búburú wà ní tòsí, ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n jìnnà sí òfin rẹ.
Near me are wicked tormentors, who are far from thoughts of your law;
151 Síbẹ̀ ìwọ wà ní tòsí, Olúwa, àti gbogbo àṣẹ rẹ jẹ́ òtítọ́.
but near, too, are you, O Lord, and all your commandments are trusty.
152 Láti ọjọ́ pípẹ́ wá èmi ti kọ́ nínú òfin rẹ tí ìwọ ti fi ìdí wọn múlẹ̀ láéláé.
Long have I known from your charges that you have founded them for all time.
153 Wo ìpọ́njú mi kí o sì gbà mí, nítorí èmi kò gbàgbé òfin rẹ.
Look on my misery, and rescue me; for I do not forget your law.
154 Gba ẹjọ́ mi rò kí o sì rà mí padà; pa ayé mi mọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpinnu rẹ.
Defend my cause and redeem me: revive me, as you have promised.
155 Ìgbàlà jìnnà sí àwọn ẹni búburú nítorí wọn kò wá àṣẹ rẹ.
Salvation is far from the wicked, for their mind is not in your statutes.
156 Ìyọ́nú rẹ̀ tóbi, Olúwa; pa ayé mi mọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí òfin rẹ.
Great is your pity, O Lord: Revive me, as you have ordained.
157 Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ni àwọn ọ̀tá tí wọ́n ń ṣe inúnibíni sí mi, ṣùgbọ́n èmi kò tí ì yípadà kúrò nínú òfin rẹ.
My foes and tormentors are many, but I have not declined from your charges.
158 Èmi wo àwọn ẹlẹ́tàn, inú mi sì bàjẹ́ nítorí wọn kò gba ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ gbọ́.
I behold the traitors with loathing, for they do not observe your word.
159 Wo bí èmi ṣe fẹ́ràn ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ; pa ayé mi mọ́, Olúwa, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìfẹ́ rẹ.
Behold how I love your precepts: revive me, O Lord!, in your kindness.
160 Òtítọ́ ni gbogbo ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ; gbogbo òfin òdodo rẹ láéláé ni.
The sum of your word is truth, all your laws are just and eternal.
161 Àwọn alákòóso ṣe inúnibíni sí mi láìnídìí, ṣùgbọ́n ọkàn mi wárìrì sí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
Princes have harassed me wantonly: but my heart stands in awe of your word.
162 Èmi yọ̀ nínú ìpinnu rẹ bí ẹni tí ó rí ìkógun púpọ̀.
Over your word I rejoice as one who finds great spoil.
163 Èmi kórìíra mo sì kọ èké ṣíṣe ṣùgbọ́n mo fẹ́ràn òfin rẹ.
Falsehood I hate and abhor, but your law do I love.
164 Èmi yìn ọ́ ní ìgbà méje lójúmọ́ nítorí òfin òdodo rẹ.
Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments.
165 Àlàáfíà púpọ̀ wà fún àwọn tí ó ní ìfẹ́ sí òfin rẹ, kò sì ṣí ohun tí ó lè mú wọn kọsẹ̀.
Right well do they fare who love your law: they go on their way without stumbling.
166 Èmi yóò dúró de ìgbàlà rẹ, Olúwa, èmi yóò sì tẹ̀lé àṣẹ rẹ.
I hope for your salvation; O Lord I do your commandments.
167 Èmi gba òfin rẹ gbọ́, nítorí mo fẹ́ràn wọn púpọ̀púpọ̀.
I observe your charges: I love them greatly.
168 Èmi ṣe ìgbọ́ràn sí ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ àti òfin rẹ, nítorí ìwọ mọ gbogbo ọ̀nà mi.
I observe your precepts and charges: all my ways are before you.
169 Jẹ́ kí igbe mi wá sí iwájú rẹ, Olúwa; fún mi ní òye gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ.
Let my cry come before you, O Lord: give me insight, as you have promised.
170 Jẹ́ kí ẹ̀bẹ̀ mi wá sí iwájú rẹ; gbà mí gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpinnu rẹ.
Let my prayer enter into your presence: deliver me, as you have said.
171 Ètè mi yóò sọ ìyìn jáde, nítorí ìwọ kọ́ mi ní ìlànà rẹ.
My lips shall be fountains of praise, that you teach me your statutes.
172 Jẹ́ kí ahọ́n mi kọ orin ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ, nítorí gbogbo àṣẹ rẹ jẹ́ òdodo.
My tongue shall sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.
173 Jẹ́ kí ọwọ́ rẹ ṣetán láti ràn mí lọ́wọ́, nítorí èmi ti yan ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ.
Let your hand be ready to help me, for your precepts have been my choice.
174 Èmi wo ọ̀nà fún ìgbàlà rẹ, Olúwa, àti òfin rẹ jẹ́ dídùn inú mi.
I long, Lord, for your salvation, and your law is my delight.
175 Jẹ́ kí èmi wà láààyè ki èmi lè yìn ọ́, kí o sì jẹ́ kí òfin rẹ mú mi dúró.
Revive me that I may praise you, and let your precepts help me.
176 Èmí ti ṣìnà bí àgùntàn tí ó sọnù. Wá ìránṣẹ́ rẹ, nítorí èmi kò gbàgbé àṣẹ rẹ.
I have strayed like a wandering sheep seek your servant, because I do not forget your commandments.
