Psalms 71
1 In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
Ao Awurade, wo mu na me dwane hinta; mma mʼanim ngu ase da.
2 In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.
Wo tenenee no enti, yi me na gye me; tie me na gye me nkwa.
3 Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
Yɛ me nkwagyeɛ botan faako a mɛtumi akɔ daa; hyɛ ma wɔmmɛgye me nkwa, na wo ne me botan ne mʼaban.
4 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
Ao me Onyankopɔn, gye me firi amumuyɛfoɔ nsam, gye me firi nnebɔneyɛfoɔ ne atirimuɔdenfoɔ nsam.
5 For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
Na woayɛ mʼanidasoɔ, Ao Asafo Awurade, mʼahotɔsoɔ firi mʼababunu berɛ mu.
6 I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.
Ɛfiri awoɔ mu, mede me ho ato wo so; wo na woyii me firii me maame yafunu mu. Mɛkamfo wo daa.
7 I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.
Mayɛ nhwɛsodeɛ ama bebree, nanso wo ne me dwanekɔbea denden.
8 My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.
Wo nkamfo ahyɛ mʼanom ma, mekamfo wʼanimuonyam da mu nyinaa.
9 Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
Nto me ntwene ɛberɛ a mabɔ akɔkoraa; mʼahoɔden sa me mu a, nnya me.
10 For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
Ɛfiri sɛ mʼatamfoɔ kasa tia me wɔn a wɔtwɛn sɛ wɔbɛkum me no bom pam me tiri so.
11 saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
Wɔka sɛ, “Onyankopɔn agya no mu; momma yɛnti no na yɛnkyere no, na obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛgye no.”
12 Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.
Ao Onyankopɔn, mfiri me nkyɛn nkɔ akyiri; Ao me Onyankopɔn, yɛ ntɛm bɛboa me.
13 May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
Ma wɔn a wɔbɔ me soboɔ no nsɛe animguaseɛ mu; wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔpira me no ma ahohora ne animguaseɛ nkata wɔn so.
14 But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.
Nanso me deɛ, mɛnya anidasoɔ daa; mɛkɔ so makamfo wo.
15 My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
Mɛka wo tenenee ho asɛm, ne wo nkwagyeɛ da mu nyinaa, nanso mennim ano.
16 I will enter in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.
Ao Otumfoɔ Awurade, mɛba abɛpae mu aka wo nnwuma akɛseɛ no; mɛpae mu aka wo nko ara tenenee akyerɛ.
17 O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
Ao Onyankopɔn, ɛfiri mʼababunu berɛ na wokyerɛkyerɛɛ me, na ɛbɛsi ɛnnɛ yi, meka wʼanwanwadeɛ a woayɛ kyerɛ.
18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
Mpo sɛ mebɔ akɔkoraa na mefu dwono a, Ao Onyankopɔn, nnya me, kɔsi sɛ mɛka wo tumi ho asɛm akyerɛ nkyirimma, ne wo kɛseyɛ akyerɛ wɔn a wɔbɛba nyinaa.
19 Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
Ao Onyankopɔn, wo tenenee duru sorosoro, wo a woayɛ nneɛma akɛseɛ. Ao Onyankopɔn, hwan na ɔte sɛ wo?
20 Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
Mmom woama mahunu ɔhaw bebree a ɛyɛ yea; nanso wobɛma me nkwa bio; na wobɛyi me bio afiri asase ase.
21 You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
Wobɛhyɛ me animuonyam bebree na woakyekye me werɛ bio.
22 So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
Mede sankuo bɛkamfo wo Ao me Onyankopɔn, wo tenenee enti mɛto wʼayɛyi dwom wɔ sankuten so Ao Israel Kronkronni.
23 When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
Mʼanofafa de anigyeɛ bɛteam ɛberɛ a meto dwom kamfo woɔ, me a woagye me no.
24 My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
Me tɛkrɛma bɛka wo tenenee nnwuma da mu nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔha me no kɔ animguaseɛ ne basabasayɛ mu.
