Nnwom 121

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

“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up.” I lift up mine eyes to the hills: Whence cometh my help?

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

My help cometh from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.

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

He will not suffer thy foot to stumble; Thy guardian doth not slumber.

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

Behold, the guardian of Israel Doth neither slumber nor sleep.

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

The LORD is thy guardian; The LORD is thy shade at thy right hand.

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

The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.

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

The LORD will preserve thee from all evil; He will preserve thy life.

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

The LORD will preserve thee, when thou goest out and when thou comest in, From this time forth for ever.