1 Megblɔ be, “Malé ŋku ɖe nye mɔwo ŋu,
2 Gake esi mezi ɖoɖoe li kpoo,
3 Nye dzi xɔ dzo ɖe dɔ me nam;
4 “O! Yehowa, fia nye agbe ƒe nuwuwu
5 Èwɔ nye ŋkekewo wole abe asi ƒe kekeme ko ene,
6 “Amegbetɔ le yiyim, le gbɔgbɔm,
7 “Aƒetɔ, ke azɔ la, nu ka makpɔ mɔ na?
8 Ɖem tso nye vodadawo katã me,
9 Mezi ɖoɖoe, nyemake nu o,
10 Ɖe wò tohehe si le dzinye la ɖa;
11 Èkaa mo, eye nèhea to na amewo ɖe woƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta;
12 “O! Yehowa, se nye gbedodoɖa,
13 Ɖe ŋku ɖa le ŋunye, ale be magakpɔ dzidzɔ hafi mayi,