Psalms 31

1 For the end, a Psalm of David, [an utterance] of extreme fear. O Lord, I have hoped in thee; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness and rescue me.

Dawid dwom. Wo mu, Awurade na manya guankɔbea; mma mʼanim ngu ase; fi wo trenee mu gye me.

2 Incline thine ear to me; make haste to rescue me: be thou to me for a protecting God, and for a house of refuge to save me.

Yɛ aso ma me, bra ntɛm begye me; yɛ me bammɔ botan, aban a mʼatamfo nsa renka me.

3 For thou art my strength and my refuge; and thou shalt guide me for thy name's sake, and maintain me.

Sɛ woyɛ me botan ne mʼaban nti, wo din nti di mʼanim na kyerɛ me kwan.

4 Thou shalt bring me out of the snare which they have hidden for me; for thou, O Lord, art my defender.

Gye me fi afiri a wɔasum me no mu, efisɛ wo ne me guankɔbea.

5 Into thine hands I will commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

Wo nsam na mede me kra hyɛ; gye me bio, Awurade, Onyankopɔn nokwafo.

6 Thou has hated them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord.

Mikyi wɔn a wɔsom abosom huhuw; mede me ho to Awurade so.

7 I will exult and be glad in thy mercy: for thou hast looked upon mine affliction; thou hast saved my soul from distresses.

Mʼani begye na madi ahurusi wɔ wo dɔ mu, efisɛ wuhu mʼamanehunu, na wunim me kra mu haw.

8 And thou hast not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a wide place.

Womfaa me nhyɛɛ ɔtamfo no nsa mmom wode me nan asisi petee mu.

9 Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and by belly.

Hu me mmɔbɔ, Awurade, efisɛ me ho yeraw me; awerɛhow ama mʼani so ayɛ kusuu ɔyaw ama me kra ne me honam ayɛ mmerɛw.

10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with groanings: my strength has been weakened through poverty, and my bones are troubled.

Ɔyawdi retew me nkwa so, na abooboo tew me mfe so; ɔhaw nti mʼahoɔden kɔ fam, na me nnompe nso ahodwow.

11 I became a reproach among all mine enemies, but exceedingly so to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me.

Mʼatamfo nyinaa nti, mayɛ ahohora wɔ me nnamfonom mu; nnipa a wonim me suro me, na wɔn a wohu me mmɔnten so guan.

12 I have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel.

Obiara werɛ afi me te sɛ nea mawu; mayɛ sɛ kuku a abɔ.

13 For I heard the slander of many that dwelt round about: when they were gathered together against me, they took counsel to take my life.

Mete asomsɛm dodow a wɔka ahunahuna atwa me ho ahyia. Wɔrepam me ti so, na wɔbɔ pɔw sɛ wobekum me.

14 But I hoped in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

Nanso mede me ho ato wo so, Awurade; meka se, “Woyɛ me Nyankopɔn.”

15 My lots are in thy hands: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies,

Me mmere wɔ wo nsam gye me fi mʼatamfo ne wɔn a wɔtaa me no nsam.

16 and from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me in thy mercy.

Tew wʼanim kyerɛ wo somfo; gye me wɔ wo dɔ a enni huammɔ no mu.

17 O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon thee: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades. (Sheol h7585)

Mma mʼanim ngu ase, Awurade, efisɛ masu afrɛ wo; mmom, ma amumɔyɛfo anim ngu ase na wɔnna wɔn nna mu komm. (Sheol h7585)

18 Let the deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the righteous with pride and scorn.

Mua atorofo ano, efisɛ wɔde ahantan ne animtiaabu kasa tia atreneefo.

19 How abundant is the multitude of thy goodness, O Lord, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee! thou hast wrought [it] out for them that hope on thee, in the presence of the sons of men.

Wo papayɛ dɔɔso, ɛno na woakora ama wɔn a wosuro wo no ɛno na wode ma wɔn a woguan toa wo no wɔ nnipa anim.

20 Thou wilt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the vexation of man: thou wilt screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.

Wode wɔn sie wʼanim bammɔ mu fi nnipa nsusuwii bɔne ho; wo tenabea hɔ na wode wɔn sie dwoodwoo fi tɛkrɛma a ɛbɔ sobo ho.

21 Blessed be the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city.

Ayeyi nka Awurade! Sɛ wayi ne dɔ nwonwaso akyerɛ me bere a na mewɔ kuropɔn a atamfo atwa ho ahyia no mu no.

22 But I said in my extreme fear, I am cast out from the sight of thine eyes: therefore thou didst hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication when I cried to thee.

Mebɔɔ huboa no mekae se: “Woayi wʼani afi me so!” Nanso wotee me mmɔborɔsu bere a mekotow srɛɛ wo no.

23 Love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord seeks for truth, and renders [a reward] to them that deal very proudly.

Monnɔ Awurade mo a moyɛ nʼahotewfo nyinaa! Awurade kora wɔn a wodi nokware so, na ahomasofo de, otua wɔn ka pɛpɛɛpɛ.

24 Be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.

Monyɛ den na momma mo bo ntɔ mo yam, mo a mowɔ anidaso wɔ Awurade mu nyinaa.