Psalms 31
1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. In You, O YHWH, I have trusted, Do not let me be ashamed for all time, In Your righteousness deliver me.
Dawid dwom. Wo mu, Awurade na manya guankɔbea; mma mʼanim ngu ase; fi wo trenee mu gye me.
2 Incline Your ear to me quickly, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.
Yɛ aso ma me, bra ntɛm begye me; yɛ me bammɔ botan, aban a mʼatamfo nsa renka me.
3 For You [are] my rock and my bulwark, For Your Name’s sake lead me and tend me.
Sɛ woyɛ me botan ne mʼaban nti, wo din nti di mʼanim na kyerɛ me kwan.
4 Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For You [are] my strength.
Gye me fi afiri a wɔasum me no mu, efisɛ wo ne me guankɔbea.
5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit, You have redeemed me, YHWH God of truth.
Wo nsam na mede me kra hyɛ; gye me bio, Awurade, Onyankopɔn nokwafo.
6 I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I have been confident toward YHWH.
Mikyi wɔn a wɔsom abosom huhuw; mede me ho to Awurade so.
7 I rejoice, and am glad in Your kindness, In that You have seen my affliction, You have known my soul in adversities.
Mʼani begye na madi ahurusi wɔ wo dɔ mu, efisɛ wuhu mʼamanehunu, na wunim me kra mu haw.
8 And You have not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, You have caused my feet to stand in a broad place.
Womfaa me nhyɛɛ ɔtamfo no nsa mmom wode me nan asisi petee mu.
9 Favor me, O YHWH, for distress [is] to me, My eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.
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 has been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. My strength has been feeble because of my iniquity, And my bones have become old.
Ɔyawdi retew me nkwa so, na abooboo tew me mfe so; ɔhaw nti mʼahoɔden kɔ fam, na me nnompe nso ahodwow.
11 I have been a reproach among all my adversaries, And to my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to my acquaintances, Those seeing 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 dead, out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.
Obiara werɛ afi me te sɛ nea mawu; mayɛ sɛ kuku a abɔ.
13 For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear [is] all around. In their being united against me, They have devised 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 And I have trusted on You, O YHWH, I have said, “You [are] my God.”
Nanso mede me ho ato wo so, Awurade; meka se, “Woyɛ me Nyankopɔn.”
15 In Your hand [are] my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.
Me mmere wɔ wo nsam gye me fi mʼatamfo ne wɔn a wɔtaa me no nsam.
16 Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, Save me in Your kindness.
Tew wʼanim kyerɛ wo somfo; gye me wɔ wo dɔ a enni huammɔ no mu.
17 O YHWH, do not let me be ashamed, For I have called You, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol. (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 lips of falsehood become mute, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.
Mua atorofo ano, efisɛ wɔde ahantan ne animtiaabu kasa tia atreneefo.
19 How abundant is Your goodness, That You have laid up for those fearing You, You have worked for those trusting in You, Before 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 You hide them in the secret place of Your presence, From schemes of man, You conceal them in a dwelling place, From the strife 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 [is] YHWH, For He has made His kindness marvelous To me in a city of bulwarks.
Ayeyi nka Awurade! Sɛ wayi ne dɔ nwonwaso akyerɛ me bere a na mewɔ kuropɔn a atamfo atwa ho ahyia no mu no.
22 And I have said in my haste, “I have been cut off from before Your eyes,” But You have heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying to You.
Mebɔɔ huboa no mekae se: “Woayi wʼani afi me so!” Nanso wotee me mmɔborɔsu bere a mekotow srɛɛ wo no.
23 Love YHWH, all you His saints, YHWH is keeping the faithful, And repaying a proud doer abundantly.
Monnɔ Awurade mo a moyɛ nʼahotewfo nyinaa! Awurade kora wɔn a wodi nokware so, na ahomasofo de, otua wɔn ka pɛpɛɛpɛ.
24 Be strong, and He strengthens your heart, All you who are waiting for YHWH!
Monyɛ den na momma mo bo ntɔ mo yam, mo a mowɔ anidaso wɔ Awurade mu nyinaa.
