Psalms 43

1 Dá mi láre, Ọlọ́run mi, kí o sì gba ọ̀rọ̀ mi rò lọ́dọ̀ àwọn aláìláàánú orílẹ̀-èdè: yọ mí kúrò lọ́wọ́ ẹlẹ́tàn àti àwọn ènìyàn búburú.

God, declare that I (am innocent/have not done things that are wrong). Defend me when (ungodly people/people who do not worship you) say things against me, rescue me from people who deceive and [say things about me that are] not true.

2 Ìwọ ni Ọlọ́run ibi agbára mi. Èéṣe tí ìwọ fi kọ̀ mi sílẹ̀? Èéṣe tí èmi yóò máa rìn nínú ìbìnújẹ́, nítorí ìnilára lọ́dọ̀ àwọn ọ̀tá?

You are God, the one who protects me; (why have you abandoned me?/it seems that you have abandoned me!) [RHQ] It does not seem right that [RHQ] I am forced to mourn/cry constantly because my enemies are cruel to me.

3 Rán ìmọ́lẹ̀ àti òtítọ́ rẹ jáde, jẹ́ kí wọn ó máa dáàbò bò mí; jẹ́ kí wọn mú mi wá sí òkè mímọ́ rẹ, sí ibi tí ìwọ ń gbé.

Shine your light on me and speak your truth to me; and let them guide me, and take me back to Zion, your sacred hill [at Jerusalem], and to [your temple], where you live.

4 Nígbà náà ni èmi ó lọ sí ibi pẹpẹ Ọlọ́run, sí Ọlọ́run ayọ̀ mi àti ìdùnnú mi, èmi yóò yìn ọ́ pẹ̀lú dùùrù, ìwọ Ọlọ́run, Ọlọ́run mi.

When you do that, I will go to your altar, to [worship you], my God, who causes me to be extremely joyful. There I will praise you, the God whom I [worship], while I play my harp.

5 Èéṣe tí o fi ń rẹ̀wẹ̀sì, ìwọ ọkàn mí? Èéṣe tí ó fi ń ru sókè nínú mi? Fi ìrètí rẹ sínú Ọlọ́run, nítorí èmi yóò máa yìn ín, Òun ni Olùgbàlà mi àti Ọlọ́run mi.

So (why am I sad and discouraged?/I should not be sad and discouraged!) [RHQ] I confidently expect God [to bless me], and I will praise him again, my God, the one who saves me.