ORIKI OLODUMARE / APELLATIONS OF THE ALMIGHTY

Ọba tó gbé ọlá ńlá wọ̀ bí ẹ̀wù / The LORD reigns HE is clothed with majesty
Tó sì di agbára ni àmùrè / HE has girded HIMSELF with strength.
Ó fi ìdí ayé múlẹ̀ / The world is firmly established
Kò sì ní yẹ̀ laelae / It cannot be moved forever
ìdí ìjọba OLODUMARE múlẹ̀ láti ìgbà laelae / YOUR throne is established from of old
Láti ayérayé ni ỌLỌRUN ti wà / YOU are from everlasting.
Ibú omi gbé ohùn wọn sókè si OLUWA / The floods have lifted up their voices to the LORD
Ó sì ń sán bí ààrá / The sea roars
OLUWA lágbára lókè! / The LORD on high is mightier
ÓLUWA lágbára ju ariwo omi òkun lọ / The LORD on high is mightier
Than the noise of many waters,
ÓLUWA lágbára ju ìgbì omi òkun lọ / Than the mighty waves of the sea.
Àwọn òfin OLODUMARE kìí yipada / The testimonies of the ALMIGHTY are very sure
ìwà mímọ́ ni ilé ỌLỌRUN títí lae / Holiness adorns YOUR house, O LORD, forever.
ỌLỌRUN Onídàájọ́ Gbogbo Ayé / GOD, the Refuge of the Righteous
OLUWA, ỌLỌRUN ẹ̀san / The LORD GOD, to whom vengeance belongs
Ti i fi agbára hàn / HIS awesome mighty power is visible to all
onídàájọ́ ayé / Judge of all the earth
ỌLỌRUN tí ó dá etí, tí a fi n gbọ́ràn / HE planted the ear
Eni tí ó dá ojú tí a fi n ríran / HE formed the eye
Tí ń fún eniyan ní ìmọ̀ ati oye / HE teaches man knowledge
OLUWA ti o mọ èrò ọkàn ọmọ eniyan /The LORD knows the thoughts of man
ỌLỌRUN OLODUMARE mọ̀ pé afẹ́fẹ́ lásán ni / HE knows that they are futile
ìfẹ́ OLUWA kì í yẹ̀ ni ó gbé mi ró / YOUR mercy, O LORD, will hold me up.
Olutunu awon tí o ni àìbàlẹ̀ ọkàn / The comfort of the restless
OLUWA ni ibi ìsádi mi / the LORD has been my defense
ỌLỌRUN sì ni àpáta ààbò mi /And my GOD the rock of my refuge.

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ỌLỌRUN OLùMọ̀RÀN ỌKÀN

OLUWA mọ ìgbà tí mo jókòó, ati ìgbà tí mo dìde;
OLUWA mọ èrò ọkàn mi láti òkèèrè réré.
2YOU know when I sit and when I rise YOU perceive my thoughts from afar.
OLUWA yẹ ìrìn ẹsẹ̀ mi ati àbọ̀sinmi mi wò;
gbogbo ọ̀nà mi ni OLODUMARE sì mọ̀.
3YOU discern my going out and my lying down; YOU are familiar with all my ways.
Kódà kí n tó sọ ọ̀rọ̀ jáde lẹ́nu,
OLUWA, ti mọ gbogbo nǹkan tí mo fẹ́ sọ patapata.
Before a word is on my tongue YOU, LORD, know it completely.
OLUWA pa mí mọ́, níwájú ati lẹ́yìn;
OLUWA n gbé ọwọ́ ààbò lé mi.
YOU hem me in behind and before, and you lay YOUR hand upon me.
Irú ìmọ̀ yìí jẹ́ ohun ìyanu fún mi, ó ga jù, ojú mi kò tó o.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Níbo ni mo lè sá lọ, tí ẹ̀mí OLUWA kò ní sí níbẹ̀?
Níbo ni mo lè sá gbà tí ojú OLORUN kò ní tó mi?
Where can I go from YOUR Spirit? Where can I flee from YOUR presence?
Ǹ báà gòkè re ọ̀run, OLORUN wà níbẹ̀!
Bí mo sì tẹ́ ibùsùn mi sí isà òkú, n óo bá OLODUMARE níbẹ̀.
If I go up to the heavens, YOU are there; if I make my bed in the depths, YOU are there.
Ǹ báà hu ìyẹ́, kí n fò lọ sí ibi ojúmọ́ ti ń mọ́ wá, kí n lọ pàgọ́ sí ibi tí òkun pin sí,
If I rise on the wings of the dawn if I settle on the far side of the sea,
Níbẹ̀ gan-an, ọwọ́ OLODUMARE ni yóo máa tọ́ mi,
tí ọwọ́ ọ̀tún OLORUN yóo sì dì mí mú.
Even there YOUR hand will guide me, YOUR right hand will hold me fast.
Bí mo bá wí pé kí kìkì òkùnkùn bò mí mọ́lẹ̀, kí ọ̀sán di òru fún mi,
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”
òkùnkùn gan-an kò ṣú jù fún OLUWA;
òru mọ́lẹ̀ bí ọ̀sán; lójú OLODUMARE, ìmọ́lẹ̀ kò yàtọ̀ sí òkùnkùn.
even the darkness will not be dark to YOU; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to YOU.
Nítorí OLUWA ni o dá inú mi,
OLUWA ni o sọ mí di odidi ní inú ìyá mi.
For YOU created my inmost being; YOU knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Mo yìn OLUWA, nítorí pé ẹ̀rù jẹ̀jẹ̀ ati ẹni ìyanu ni wọ́n;
ìyanu ni iṣẹ́ ọwọ́ wọ́n! OLUWA mọ̀ mí dájú.
I praise YOU because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; YOUR works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Nígbà tí à ń ṣẹ̀dá egungun mi lọ́wọ́ ní ìkọ̀kọ̀, tí ẹlẹ́dàá ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ń ṣọnà sí mi lára ní àṣírí, kò sí èyí tí ó pamọ́ fún OLODUMARE.
My frame was not hidden from YOU when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Kí á tó dá mi tán ni OLORUN ti rí mi,
OLORUN ti kọ iye ọjọ́ tí a pín fún mi
sinu ìwé wọ́n, kí ọjọ́ ayé mi tilẹ̀ tó bẹ̀rẹ̀ rárá.
YOUR eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in YOUR book before one of them came to be.
ỌLORUN, iyebíye ni èrò YIN lójú mi!
Wọ́n pọ̀ pupọ ní iye.
How precious to me are YOUR thoughts,GOD! How vast is the sum of them!
Bí mo bá ní kí n kà wọ́n, wọ́n pọ̀ ju iyanrìn lọ.
Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—

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