Psalms 16
1 A MIKTAM OF DAVID. Preserve me, O God, for I trusted in You.
Dawid mpaeɛbɔ. Bɔ me ho ban, Ao Onyankopɔn, na wo mu na menya hintabea.
2 You have said to YHWH, “You [are] my Lord”; My goodness [is] not above You;
Meka kyerɛɛ Awurade sɛ, “MʼAwurade ne wo; menni adepa biara ka wo ho.”
3 For the holy ones who [are] in the land, And the honorable, all my delight [is] in them.
Ahotefoɔ a wɔwɔ asase no so deɛ, wɔne animuonyamfoɔ a mʼanigyeɛ wɔ wɔn mu.
4 Their griefs are multiplied, [who] have hurried backward; I do not pour out their drink-offerings of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.
Wɔn a wɔdi anyame afoforɔ akyire no wɔn awerɛhoɔ bɛdɔɔso. Merenyi wɔn mogya apaeɛ no bi na meremfa mʼano memmɔ wɔn din.
5 YHWH [is] the portion of my share, and of my cup, You uphold my lot.
Awurade, wode me kyɛfa ne me kuruwa ama me; woama me kyɛfa anya banbɔ.
6 Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Indeed, a beautiful inheritance [is] for me.
Mʼahyeɛ akɔdeda mmea a ɛhɔ yɛ ahomeka; ampa ara mewɔ agyapadeɛ a ɛho yɛ anigye.
7 I bless YHWH who has counseled me; Also [in] the nights my reins instruct me.
Mɛkamfo Awurade a ɔtu me fo; na anadwo mpo mʼakoma kyerɛkyerɛ me.
8 I placed YHWH before me continually, Because [He is] at my right hand I am not moved.
Mehunu Awurade wɔ mʼani so daa nyinaa. Esiane sɛ ɔwɔ me nsa nifa enti, merenhinhim da.
9 Therefore my heart has been glad, And my glory rejoices, Also my flesh dwells confidently:
Ɛno enti, me kra ani gye, na mede me tɛkrɛma di ahurisie; me onipadua nso bɛhome asomdwoeɛ mu,
ɛfiri sɛ, worennya me awufoɔ mu. Na woremma wo Kronkronni no mporɔ. (Sheol h7585)
11 You cause me to know the path of life; In Your presence [is] fullness of joys, Pleasant things [are] by Your right hand forever!
Woakyerɛ me nkwagyeɛ kwan, na wobɛma mʼani agye wɔ wʼanim, na anika a ɛrensa da wɔ wo nifa so.
