Psalmowo 16
1 David ƒe ha si wɔa dɔ ɖe ame dzi. O! Mawu, na manɔ dedie, elabena wò mee mebe ɖo.
A MIKTAM OF DAVID. Preserve me, O God, for I trusted in You.
2 Megblɔ na Yehowa be, “Wòe nye nye Aƒetɔ; nu nyui aɖeke mele asinye kpe ɖe ŋuwò o.”
You have said to YHWH, “You [are] my Lord”; My goodness [is] not above You;
3 Ame kɔkɔe siwo le anyigba dzi la woe nye bubume siwo ƒe nu nyoa ŋunye vevie.
For the holy ones who [are] in the land, And the honorable, all my delight [is] in them.
4 Ame siwo ati mawu tutɔwo yome la, adzi woƒe vevesesewo ɖe edzi. Nyemasa woƒe ʋuvɔsawo na mawu mawo, alo ayɔ woƒe ŋkɔwo o.
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.
5 Yehowa, èɖo tɔnye gome kple nye kplu da ɖi nam; èna nye gomekpɔkpɔ le dedie nam.
YHWH [is] the portion of my share, and of my cup, You uphold my lot.
6 Liƒo ƒe dzidzeka la dze teƒe nyuiwo nam; le nyateƒe me la, domenyinu si do dzidzɔ nam la su asinye.
Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Indeed, a beautiful inheritance [is] for me.
7 Makafu Yehowa, ame si ɖoa aɖaŋu nam; le zã me ke hã, nye dzi xlɔ̃a num.
I bless YHWH who has counseled me; Also [in] the nights my reins instruct me.
8 Metsɔ Yehowa ɖo ŋkunye me ɖaa, elabena ele nye nuɖusime, eya ta nyemavɔ̃ o.
I placed YHWH before me continually, Because [He is] at my right hand I am not moved.
9 Esia ta nye dzi le dzidzɔ kpɔm, nye aɖe tso aseye, eye nye ŋutilã hã agbɔ ɖe eme le dedinɔnɔ me,
Therefore my heart has been glad, And my glory rejoices, Also my flesh dwells confidently:
For You do not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor give your Holy One to see corruption. (Sheol h7585)
11 Èna menya agbemɔ la; àtsɔ dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ ayɔ menye le ŋkuwò me, eye matsɔ vivisese si mevɔna o la anɔ wò nuɖusime tegbee.
You cause me to know the path of life; In Your presence [is] fullness of joys, Pleasant things [are] by Your right hand forever!
