Psalms 121

1 [When we travel toward Jerusalem], I look up toward the hills [and I ask myself], “Who will help me?”

Ɔsoroforɔ dwom. Mema mʼani so kyerɛ mmepɔ no, ɛhe na me mmoa firi bɛba?

2 [And my answer is] that Yahweh is the one who helps me; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.

Me mmoa firi Awurade, ɔsoro ne asase yɛfoɔ no.

3 He will not allow us to fall/stumble; God, who protects us, will not fall asleep.

Ɔremma wo nan nwatiri, deɛ ɔhwɛ wo no, ɔrentɔ nko.

4 The one who protects us Israeli people never gets sleepy, nor does he sleep [LIT].

Ampa ara deɛ ɔhwɛ Israel no rentɔ nko na ɔrenna.

5 Yahweh watches over us; he is like the shade [MET] [that protects us from the sun].

Awurade hwɛ wo so; Awurade ne wo nwunu wɔ wo nsa nifa so;

6 [He will not allow] the sun to harm us during the day, and [he will not allow] the moon to harm us during the night.

Owia renhye wo wɔ awiaberɛ mu, na ɔsrane nso renha wo anadwo.

7 Yahweh will protect us from being harmed in any manner; he will keep us safe.

Awurade bɛbɔ wo ho ban afiri ɔhaw nyinaa ho, ɔbɛhwɛ wo nkwa so;

8 He will protect us from the time that we leave [our houses in the morning] until we return [in the evening]; he will protect us now, and he will protect us forever.

Awurade bɛhwɛ wʼadifire ne wo efieba so, seesei ne daa.