Nnwom 121

1 Ɔsoroforo dwom. Mema mʼani so kyerɛ mmepɔw no, ɛhe na me mmoa fi bɛba?

“A song for the degrees.” I lift up my eyes unto the mountains: whence shall come my help?

2 Me mmoa fi Awurade, ɔsoro ne asase yɛfo no.

My help is from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.

3 Ɔremma wo nan nwatiri, nea ɔhwɛ wo no rentɔ nko.

He will not suffer thy foot to slip: thy keeper doth not slumber.

4 Ampa ara, nea ɔhwɛ Israel no rentɔ nko na ɔrenna.

Behold, he slumbereth not, and he sleepeth not—the keeper of Israel.

5 Awurade hwɛ wo so; Awurade ne wo nwini wɔ wo nsa nifa so;

The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade, he is on thy right hand.

6 Owia rensɛe wo wɔ adekyee mu, na ɔsram nso rensɛe wo anadwo.

By day the sun shall not strike thee, nor the moon by night.

7 Awurade bɛbɔ wo ho ban afi ɔsɛe nyinaa ho, ɔbɛhwɛ wo nkwa so;

The Lord will guard thee against all evil: he will guard thy soul.

8 Awurade bɛhwɛ wʼadifi ne wo fieba so mprempren ne daa.

The Lord will guard thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth and for evermore.