Moses Pray to di Papa wey no dey ever end
Prayer wey Moses, di man of our Papa, pray.
Moses put human life side by side with im everlasting Papa: one thousand years pass like last night watch, and people dey sweep comot like morning grass. E no ask for more days but for the sense to count dem, and for gladness wey match the years of trouble.
90 1Oga Papa, na you be our house from generation reach generation. 2Bifor mountains born, or bifor you bring di earth and di world commot, from everlasting reach everlasting, na you be our Papa.
3You dey turn people back to sand, you dey talk say, “Return, una pikin of mankind.”
4Bicos one thousand years for your eye be like day wey don pass already, like small watch for night. 5You dey sweep dem comot like flood; dem be like dream, like grass wey dey grow for morning— 6for morning e dey blossom and grow; by evening e dey fade and dry.
7Bicos your anger dey finish us; your vex dey make us fear. 8You don put our bad-bad ways for your front, our secret sins for di light of your presence. 9Bicos all our days dey pass under your vex; we dey finish our years like person wey sigh. 10We dey live for seventy years, or eighty if our power still strong; but dem no dey bring anything except suffer and wahala—dem dey quick pass, and we dey fly comot. 11Who know di power of your anger? Your vex big reach di fear wey suppose dey for you. 12Teach us how to count our days, so that we fit get heart wey get wisdom.
13Come back, our Papa! How long? Make your belle dey pain for your servants. 14Satisfy us for morning with your Covenant love, so that we go sing for joy and dey happy all our days. 15Make us happy for as many days as you don make us suffer, for as many years as we don see wahala. 16Make your servants see your work, and make their pikin see your glory.
17Make di favor of Oga Papa dey on top us; make di work of our hands stand strong for us—yes, make di work of our hands stand strong.
