Psalm 41:1-13

  • Prea blo man lo bed wea hem leidaon lo hem taem hem sik

    • God comfortim man wea sik (3)

    • Gud fren betrayim hem (9)

For director. Singsing blo David. 41  Eniwan wea duim samting for helpem samwan wea pipol ting daonem, hem hapi,+Jehovah bae sevem hem lo taem blo trabol.  2  Jehovah bae protectim hem and keepim hem stap laef. Olketa bae talemaot dat hem man wea hapi lo earth,+Iu bae no enitaem givim hem go followim tingting* blo olketa enemy blo hem.+  3  Jehovah bae comfortim hem lo bed wea hem leidaon lo hem taem hem sik,+Taem hem sik iu bae barava changem bed blo hem.  4  Bikos mi tok olsem: “O Jehovah, iu kaen lo mi.+ Healim mi,+ bikos mi sin againstim iu.”+  5  Bat olketa enemy blo mi tok spoelem mi, and sei: “Wat taem nao bae hem dae, mekem pipol no tingim moa nem blo hem?”  6  Sapos wanfala lo olketa kam for lukim mi, toktok wea hem talem hem laea nomoa. Hem kam for faendemaot nogud samting for storyim,Then hem go and storyim olobaot.  7  Evriwan wea heitim mi whisper lo each other,Olketa mekem nogud plan againstim mi, and sei:  8  “Wanfala nogud samting kasem hem,Distaem wea hem daon finis, bae hem no savve getap moa.”+  9  Nomata man wea mitufala fren gud, man wea mi trustim,+Wea kaikaim bred witim mi, hem tane raon and againstim mi.*+ 10  Bat iu, O Jehovah, kaen lo mi and liftim mi ap,Mekem mi savve pei bak lo olketa. 11  From diswan, bae mi savve dat iu hapi lo mi: Taem enemy blo mi no savve singaot witim hapi, from hem winim mi.+ 12  Bat mi, iu sapotim mi bikos lo faithful fasin blo mi.+ Iu bae keepim mi sef front lo iu for olowe.+ 13  Jehovah, God blo Israel, hem nao mas kasem praiseDistaem and for olowe.*+ Amen and Amen.

Olketa footnote

Hebrew word, ne′phesh. Lukim “Nephesh” lo Dictionary.
Lit., “liftimap bihaen lo foot blo hem againstim mi.”
Or, “From olowe go kasem olowe.”