Where You Dey?
Na plain complaint say our Papa look like say E stand far while proud men dey hunt poor people from ambush, dey tell demsef say nobody dey watch. Di psalmist insist say E dey see am, and beg am make E act as helper of di fatherless.
10 1Why, our Papa, You dey stand far far? Why You dey hide Yasef for time wey trouble dey?
2For im proud-proud, di wicked man dey hunt di poor people with vex; make di wicked people fall inside di trap wey dem plan. 3Because di wicked man dey brag about wetin im heart dey crave; di greedy man dey curse and comot for our Papa. 4For im proud-proud, di wicked man no go look for Am; all im thought na, “God no dey.” a a v4 Di wicked man settle for one thought — “God no dey” — na di old lie wey talk say our Papa dey far or say E no dey. Di psalm answer am: our Papa dey see, and E dey defend di people wey no get helper. 5Im way dey prosper all di time; Your judgment dey high up, far pass am; e dey laugh scorn all im enemy. 6E dey talk for im heart say, “Nothing go ever shake me; from generation to generation I no go see trouble.”
7Im mouth full of curse and deceit and oppression; under im tongue na trouble and wickedness. 8E dey sidon ambush near di villages; from where e hide, e dey kill di innocent people, im eye dey watch quiet-quiet for di people wey no get helper. 9E dey wait for secret like lion wey dey im bush; e dey wait to catch di poor man, e dey drag di poor man go with im net. 10Di people wey e catch dey crush, dem dey fall down; di people wey no get helper dey fall by im power. 11E dey talk for im heart say, “God don forget; E don hide im face; E no go ever see am.”
12Wake up, our Papa! Raise Your hand; no forget di people wey dey suffer. 13Why di wicked man dey comot for our Papa and dey talk for im heart say, “You no go make me answer for wetin I do”? 14But You dey see, because You dey take note of trouble and grief, to take am for Your own hand. Di person wey no get helper dey hand imsef give You; You be di helper of di pikin wey no get papa. b b v14 Dem call our Papa here as di helper of di pikin wey no get papa — di one wey dey defend di orphan. Im heart dey cover di very people wey nobody else go protect. 15Break di hand of di wicked and evil man; make im wickedness answer until You no go find any again.
16Our Papa na king forever and ever; di nations dey perish comot for im land. 17You dey hear di deep cry of di people wey dey suffer, our Papa; You go strong dia heart; You go listen well well, 18to do justice for di pikin wey no get papa and di people wey dem dey oppress, so that ordinary human being no go fit put fear for people again.
