Psalms 71
1 In You, O YHWH, I have trusted, Do not let me be disappointed for all time.
Ao Awurade, wo mu na me dwane hinta; mma mʼanim ngu ase da.
2 You deliver me in Your righteousness, And cause me to escape, Incline Your ear to me, and save me.
Wo tenenee no enti, yi me na gye me; tie me na gye me nkwa.
3 Be a rock to me—a habitation, To go in continually, You have given command to save me, For You [are] my rock and my bulwark.
Yɛ me nkwagyeɛ botan faako a mɛtumi akɔ daa; hyɛ ma wɔmmɛgye me nkwa, na wo ne me botan ne mʼaban.
4 O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.
Ao me Onyankopɔn, gye me firi amumuyɛfoɔ nsam, gye me firi nnebɔneyɛfoɔ ne atirimuɔdenfoɔ nsam.
5 For You [are] my hope, O Lord YHWH, My trust from my youth.
Na woayɛ mʼanidasoɔ, Ao Asafo Awurade, mʼahotɔsoɔ firi mʼababunu berɛ mu.
6 I have been supported from the womb by You, You cut me out from my mother’s bowels, My praise [is] continually in You.
Ɛfiri awoɔ mu, mede me ho ato wo so; wo na woyii me firii me maame yafunu mu. Mɛkamfo wo daa.
7 I have been as a wonder to many, And You [are] my strong refuge.
Mayɛ nhwɛsodeɛ ama bebree, nanso wo ne me dwanekɔbea denden.
8 My mouth is filled [with] Your praise, All the day [with] Your beauty.
Wo nkamfo ahyɛ mʼanom ma, mekamfo wʼanimuonyam da mu nyinaa.
9 Do not cast me off at the time of old age, Do not forsake me according to the consumption of my power.
Nto me ntwene ɛberɛ a mabɔ akɔkoraa; mʼahoɔden sa me mu a, nnya me.
10 For my enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,
Ɛfiri sɛ mʼatamfoɔ kasa tia me wɔn a wɔtwɛn sɛ wɔbɛkum me no bom pam me tiri so.
11 Saying, “God has forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.”
Wɔka sɛ, “Onyankopɔn agya no mu; momma yɛnti no na yɛnkyere no, na obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛgye no.”
12 O God, do not be far from me, O my God, make haste for my help.
Ao Onyankopɔn, mfiri me nkyɛn nkɔ akyiri; Ao me Onyankopɔn, yɛ ntɛm bɛboa me.
13 They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered [with] reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,
Ma wɔn a wɔbɔ me soboɔ no nsɛe animguaseɛ mu; wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔpira me no ma ahohora ne animguaseɛ nkata wɔn so.
14 And I continually wait with hope, And have added to all Your praise.
Nanso me deɛ, mɛnya anidasoɔ daa; mɛkɔ so makamfo wo.
15 My mouth recounts Your righteousness, All the day Your salvation, For I have not known the numbers.
Mɛka wo tenenee ho asɛm, ne wo nkwagyeɛ da mu nyinaa, nanso mennim ano.
16 I come in [the] might of Lord YHWH, I mention Your righteousness—Yours alone.
Ao Otumfoɔ Awurade, mɛba abɛpae mu aka wo nnwuma akɛseɛ no; mɛpae mu aka wo nko ara tenenee akyerɛ.
17 God, You have taught me from my youth, And until now I declare Your wonders.
Ao Onyankopɔn, ɛfiri mʼababunu berɛ na wokyerɛkyerɛɛ me, na ɛbɛsi ɛnnɛ yi, meka wʼanwanwadeɛ a woayɛ kyerɛ.
18 And also to old age and grey hairs, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to a generation, Your might to everyone that comes.
Mpo sɛ mebɔ akɔkoraa na mefu dwono a, Ao Onyankopɔn, nnya me, kɔsi sɛ mɛka wo tumi ho asɛm akyerɛ nkyirimma, ne wo kɛseyɛ akyerɛ wɔn a wɔbɛba nyinaa.
19 And Your righteousness, O God, [is] to the heights, Because You have done great things, O God, who [is] like You?
Ao Onyankopɔn, wo tenenee duru sorosoro, wo a woayɛ nneɛma akɛseɛ. Ao Onyankopɔn, hwan na ɔte sɛ wo?
20 Because You have showed me many and sad distresses, You turn back—You revive me, And from the depths of the earth, You turn back—You bring me up.
Mmom woama mahunu ɔhaw bebree a ɛyɛ yea; nanso wobɛma me nkwa bio; na wobɛyi me bio afiri asase ase.
21 You increase my greatness, And You surround—You comfort me,
Wobɛhyɛ me animuonyam bebree na woakyekye me werɛ bio.
22 I also thank You with a vessel of stringed instrument, Your truth, O my God, I sing to You with a harp, O Holy One of Israel,
Mede sankuo bɛkamfo wo Ao me Onyankopɔn, wo tenenee enti mɛto wʼayɛyi dwom wɔ sankuten so Ao Israel Kronkronni.
23 My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to You, And my soul that You have redeemed,
Mʼanofafa de anigyeɛ bɛteam ɛberɛ a meto dwom kamfo woɔ, me a woagye me no.
24 My tongue also utters Your righteousness all the day, Because ashamed—because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!
Me tɛkrɛma bɛka wo tenenee nnwuma da mu nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔha me no kɔ animguaseɛ ne basabasayɛ mu.
