Psalms 44
1 TO THE OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF THE SONS OF KORAH. O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work You worked in their days, In the days of old.
Dwom a wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ. Kora mma “maskil” dwom. Ao Onyankopɔn, yɛde yɛn aso ate; yɛn agyanom aka akyerɛ yɛn; deɛ woyɛeɛ wɔ wɔn berɛ so, wɔ tete mmerɛ no mu.
2 You, [with] Your hand, have dispossessed nations. And You plant them. You afflict peoples, and send them away.
Wode wo nsa pamoo amanaman no na wobɔɔ yɛn agyanom atenaseɛ; wodwerɛɛ nnipa no na womaa yɛn agyanom dii yie.
3 For they did not possess the land by their sword, And their arm did not give salvation to them, But Your right hand, and Your arm, And the light of Your countenance, Because You had accepted them.
Ɛnyɛ wɔn akofena na wɔde nyaa asase no, na ɛnyɛ wɔn nsa na ɛmaa wɔn nkonimdie; ɛyɛ wo nsa nifa, wo basa, ne wʼanim hann, ɛfiri sɛ na wodɔ wɔn.
4 You [are] He, my King, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
Woyɛ me Ɔhene ne me Onyankopɔn, deɛ ɔhyɛ nkonimdie ma Yakob.
5 By You we push our adversaries, By Your Name we tread down our withstanders,
Ɛnam wo so na yɛpamoo yɛn Atamfoɔ; wo din mu na yɛtiatia wɔn a wɔkyiri yɛn soɔ.
6 For I do not trust in my bow, And my sword does not save me.
Meremfa me ho nto mʼagyan so mʼakofena remfa nkonimdie mmrɛ me;
7 For You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those hating us.
na wo na woma yɛdi yɛn atamfoɔ so. Wogu wɔn a wɔtane yɛn anim ase.
8 In God we have boasted all the day, And we thank Your Name for all time. (Selah)
Onyankopɔn mu na yɛhoahoa yɛn ho da mu nyinaa na yɛbɛkamfo wo din no daa daa.
9 In anger You have cast off and cause us to blush, And do not go forth with our hosts.
Nanso seesei woapo yɛn abrɛ yɛn ase; wone yɛn asraafoɔ nnkɔ ɔsa bio.
10 You cause us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.
Woma yɛdwane firii ɛdɔm anim ma yɛn atamfoɔ fom yɛn agyapadeɛ.
11 You make us food like sheep, And You have scattered us among nations.
Woyii yɛn maa sɛ wɔnkum yɛn sɛ nnwan na woahwete yɛn wɔ amanaman no mu.
12 You sell Your people—without wealth, And have not become great by their price.
Wotɔn wo nkurɔfoɔ fofoofo, na woannya mfasoɔ biara amfiri mu.
13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
Woayɛ yɛn ahohoradeɛ ama yɛn afipamfoɔ, animtiabudeɛ ne aseredeɛ ama wɔn a atwa yɛn ho ahyia.
14 You make us an allegory among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
Woayɛ yɛn akasabɛbuo wɔ aman no mu na nnipa no woso wɔn ti de gu yɛn so.
15 All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face has covered me.
Mʼanimguaseɛ di mʼanim daa, na aniwuo akata mʼanim
16 Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
ɛsiane wɔn a wɔbɔ me ahohora na wɔkasa tia me de yi me ahi, ɛsiane ɔtamfoɔ a nʼani abre sɛ ɔbɛtɔ were no enti.
17 All this met us, and we did not forget You, Nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant.
Yeinom nyinaa too yɛn deɛ, nanso yɛn werɛ mfirii wo, na yɛmmuu wʼapam no nso so.
18 We do not turn our heart backward, Nor turn aside our step from Your path.
Yɛn akoma ntwe mfirii wo ho; na yɛn nan nso mmane mfirii wo kwan so.
19 But You have struck us in a place of dragons, And cover us over with death-shade.
Nanso wodwerɛɛ yɛn yɛɛ yɛn sakraman tuo na wode esum kabii kataa yɛn so.
20 If we have forgotten the Name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,
Sɛ na yɛn werɛ afiri yɛn Onyankopɔn din anaa sɛ yɛatrɛ yɛn nsam akyerɛ ananafoɔ nyame a
21 Does God not search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
anka Onyankopɔn bɛhunu, ɛfiri sɛ ɔnim akoma mu ahintasɛm.
22 Surely, for Your sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
Nanso, wo enti, wɔkum yɛn daa nyinaa; wɔbu yɛn sɛ nnwan a wɔrekɔkum wɔn.
23 Stir up—why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever.
Nyane, Ao Awurade! Adɛn enti na wada? Keka wo ho! Nnya yɛn hɔ afebɔɔ.
24 Why do You hide Your face? You forget our afflictions and our oppression,
Adɛn enti na wode wʼanim ahinta na wo werɛ firi yɛn ahohia ne nhyɛsoɔ?
25 For our soul has bowed to the dust, Our belly has cleaved to the earth.
Wɔabrɛ yɛn ase kɔ dɔteɛ mu na yɛn onipadua aka afam dɔteɛ.
26 Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for your kindness’ sake.
Sɔre bɛboa yɛn; wʼadɔeɛ a ɛnsa da no enti, gye yɛn.
