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Boh prepajasa mia silaju (God, Give Me Forces)

Psalm 31 and Song B, Psalter by Francysk Skaryna, 1517.
The lyrics are taken from the Bible of Francysk Skaryna, a facsimile edition in three volumes (Minsk, 1992, V. III). The great Belarusian enlightener and humanist, creator of Eastern Slavic book printing, Francysk Skaryna did his very best to edit the majority of the Old Testament books in Prague in 1517-1519. The first book, Psalter, saw the light on August 6th, 1517. The Belarusian phonetic transcription is written by Zmicier Sasnoŭski.

Boh prepajasa mia silaju 
i palažy nieparočen puć moj. 
Svieršaja nozie mai jaka jelieni, 
navučaja ruce maje na brani. 
Pažnu vrahi maja i pascihnu ich 
i nie vozmohuć staci, 
paduć pad nahami maimi. 
Iztaniu ich jaka prach pred licem vietru. 
Žyŭ Haspodź i blahaslavien Boh. 
I vazniesiocca Boh spasienija majeho...
 
...Ašče paastru jaka molniju mieč moj
i prymiet sud ruka maja
Vazdam miesć vraham maim
nienavidziaščym mia vazdam
i upaju strely maja ad krovi ich
i mieč moj sniesć miasa ich.