David Cry Make Papa Rescue Am
A shiggaion of David, wey e sing give our Papa concerning Cush, wey be person from Benjamin.
When Cush the Benjamite accuse am, David swear oath: if e don pay friend back with evil, make im enemy match am enter ground. E beg im Papa, the Judge wey dey search heart, make e act, and e watch as violent people fall inside their own pit.
7 1O my Papa, na for inside you I dey hide; save me from all di people wey dey pursue me, and deliver me, 2if not, e go tear me like lion, e go rip me into pieces and nobody go dey to rescue me. 3O my Papa, if na me do dis thing—if wrong dey for my hand, 4if I don pay back my friend wit evil, or I don rob my enemy for nothing, 5den make di enemy pursue me and catch me, make e trample my life for ground and lay my honor for inside dust.
6Rise up, my Papa, for your anger; rise up against di fury of my enemies; wake up for me—you don appoint judgment. 7Make di assembly of di peoples gather round you; take your seat for on top over dem. 8Our Papa dey judge di peoples. Vindicate me, my Papa, according to my correct-and-holy way and according to di integrity wey dey inside me. 9Bring di evil of di wicked people to an end, but hold up di correct-and-holy people—you wey dey search mind and heart, O correct-and-holy Papa. 10My shield na my Papa, wey dey save di people wey get correct heart. 11Our Papa na correct-and-holy judge, na God wey dey vex every day. 12If person no repent, our Papa go sharpen im sword; e don draw im bow and make am ready. 13E don prepare im weapons wey dey kill; e dey make im arrows into fire wey dey burn. 14See how di wicked man get belle of evil; e conceive trouble and born lies. 15E dig pit and clear am well, but e fall inside di hole wey e don make. 16Im trouble dey come back for im own head; im violence dey come down for im own skull. 17I go give thanks give my Papa for im correct-and-holy way, and I go sing praise to di name of my Papa, di Most High.
