Psalms 18
1 Unto the end, for David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. I will love thee, O Lord, my strength:
Awurade akoa Dawid dwom. Ɔtoo saa dwom yi maa Awurade, bere a ogyee no fii nʼatamfo nyinaa ne Saulo nsam no. Medɔ wo, Awurade, mʼahoɔden.
2 The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector and the horn of my salvation, and my support.
Awurade ne me botantim; mʼaban ne me gyefo; me Nyankopɔn yɛ me botan. Ne mu na minya me hintabea. Ɔyɛ me nkatabo, me nkwagye abɛn ne mʼabandennen.
3 Praising I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
Misu frɛ Awurade; ɔno na ayeyi sɛ no, efisɛ ogye me fi mʼatamfo nsam.
4 The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
Owu nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn kyekyeree me; na ɔsɛe asorɔkye bu faa me so.
Ɔda mu hama kyekyeree me; mihyiaa owu mfiri. (Sheol h7585)
6 In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears.
Mʼahohia mu, misu frɛɛ Awurade. Misu frɛɛ me Nyankopɔn hwehwɛɛ mmoa. Ofi nʼasɔrefi hɔ tee me nne; me sufrɛ baa nʼanim, na ɛkɔɔ nʼasom.
7 The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.
Asase wosowee na ehinhimii, na mmepɔw fapem wosowee wosuroe, efisɛ na ne bo afuw.
8 There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it.
Wusiw fii ne hwene mu; ogyaframa fii nʼanom, na nnyansramma dɛw fii mu.
9 He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
Ofii ɔsoro baa fam; na omununkum kabii duruu nʼanan ase.
10 And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.
Ɔte kerubim so tu kɔɔ soro; gyaagyaa ne ho wɔ mframa ntaban so.
11 And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
Ɔde sum kataa ne ho, osu a amuna tumm atwa ne ho ahyia.
12 At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
Hann kɛse hyerɛn wɔ nʼanim, na omununkum a mparuwbo ne anyinam wɔ mu fii ne ho hyerɛn mu bae.
13 And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.
Awurade bobɔɔ mu fii ɔsoro; Ɔsorosoroni no nne gyigyee bio.
14 And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
Ɔtow ne bɛmma no de bɔɔ atamfo no ahwete, ɔde anyinam a ano yɛn den pam wɔn.
15 Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered: At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.
Po mu abon ho yiyii na asase nnyinaso ho daa hɔ, esiane wʼanimka ne ahomegu a efi wo hwene mu no nti, Awurade.
16 He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.
Ofi soro baa fam besoo me mu; ɔtwee me fii nsu a mu dɔ mu.
17 He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Ogyee me fii me tamfo hoɔdenfo nsam, wɔn a wɔn ani sa me, na wɔn ho yɛ den dodo ma me no.
18 They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
Wɔbaa me so wɔ mʼamanehunu da mu, nanso Awurade maa me so,
19 And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
wode me baa baabi a hɔ trɛw; ogyee me, efisɛ nʼani sɔɔ me.
20 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
Awurade ne me adi no sɛnea me trenee te; wahwɛ me nsa a ho tew so atua me ka.
21 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God.
Manantew Awurade akwan so. Mentwee me ho mfii me Nyankopɔn ho nkɔyɛɛ bɔne ɛ.
22 For till his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me.
Madi ne mmara nyinaa so: mimmuu nʼahyɛde so.
23 And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
Me ho nni asɛm wɔ Onyankopɔn anim, na matwe me ho afi bɔne ho.
24 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
Awurade agyina me treneeyɛ ne me nsa a ho tew wɔ nʼanim no so atua me ka.
25 With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.
Woda wo ho adi sɛ ɔnokwafo kyerɛ wɔn a wodi nokware, wɔn a wodi mu nso wokyerɛ wɔn sɛ wodi mu.
26 And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
Woyɛ kronkron ma wɔn a wɔyɛ kronkron, na amumɔyɛfo de, wukyi wɔn.
27 For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
Wugye ahobrɛasefo nkwa, na wobrɛ ahantanfo ase.
28 For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my darkness.
Awurade, woma me kanea hyerɛn. Yiw, woma me sum dan hann.
29 For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God I shall go over a wall.
Wʼahoɔden a wode ma me nti, mitumi ka asraafo gu; me Nyankopɔn nti, mitumi foro ɔfasu.
30 As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire tried: he is the protector of all that trust in him.
Onyankopɔn de, nʼakwan yɛ pɛ; Awurade bɔhyɛ nyinaa ba mu. Ɔyɛ nkatabo ma wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ bammɔ wɔ ne mu.
31 For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God?
Na hena na ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn ka Awurade ho? Hena na ɔyɛ Ɔbotan no? Gye sɛ yɛn Nyankopɔn no.
32 God who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless.
Ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔma me ahoɔden, na ɔma me kwan yɛ pɛ.
33 Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places.
Ɔma mʼanammɔn ho yɛ hare sɛ ɔforote de. Ɔma me gyina sorɔnsorɔmmea.
34 Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.
Osiesie me ma ɔko, na me basa tumi kuntun kɔbere mfrafrae tadua.
35 And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up: And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: and thy discipline, the same shall teach me.
Wode wo ogye boa me nkatabo, na wo nsa nifa ma me gyina. Wobrɛ wo ho ase ma meyɛ ɔkɛse.
36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.
Woabɔ kwan tɛtrɛɛ ama mʼanan sɛnea me nkotodwe rengurow.
37 I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed.
Metaa mʼatamfo kɔtoo wɔn; mansan mʼakyi kosii sɛ mesɛee wɔn.
38 I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
Mɛdwerɛw wɔn, na wɔantumi ansɔre, wɔhwehwee ase wɔ mʼanan ase.
39 And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me.
Wode akodi ahoɔden maa me; womaa mʼatamfo bɔɔ wɔn mu ase wɔ me nan ase.
40 And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me.
Womaa mʼatamfo dan wɔn ho guanee, na mesɛe wɔn a wɔtan me.
41 They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.
Wosu hwehwɛɛ mmoa, nanso obiara ammegye wɔn, wɔfrɛɛ Awurade, nanso wammua.
42 And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets.
Meyam wɔn sɛ mfutuma a mframa bɔ gu; mihwiee wɔn guu sɛ mmɔnten so dontori.
43 Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people: thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.
Woagye me afi nnipa no ɔfow mu, woayɛ me amanaman no ti; nnipa a minnim wɔn abɛyɛ mʼasomfo.
44 A people, which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.
Wɔte me nka pɛ a, wɔyɛ osetie ma me; ananafo kotow mʼanim.
45 The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.
Wɔn nyinaa botobotow; wofi wɔn abandennen mu ba ahopopo so.
46 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, and let the God of my salvation be exalted:
Awurade te ase! Ayeyi nka me Botan! Wɔmma Onyankopɔn, me Gyefo no din so!
47 O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enemies.
Ɔno ne Onyankopɔn a ɔtɔ were ma me, ɔno na ɔka amanaman hyɛ mʼase,
48 And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.
ɔno na ogye me fi mʼatamfo nsam. Wopagyaw me sii mʼatamfo so, wugyee me fii basabasayɛfo nsam.
49 Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name.
Ɛno nti, mɛkamfo wo wɔ amanaman mu, Ao Awurade. Mɛto ayeyi dwom ama wo din.
50 Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed: and to his seed for ever.
Wode nkonimdi akɛse ama wo hene; woda ɔdɔ a ɛnsa da adi kyerɛ nea woasra no ngo, wode kyerɛ Dawid, ne nʼasefo afebɔɔ. Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo.
