Nnwom 130

1 Ɔsoroforo dwom. Awurade, mifi bun mu su frɛ wo;

A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!

2 Awurade, tie me nne. Wɛn wʼaso ma me nkotosrɛ.

O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

3 Awurade, sɛ wubu yɛn bɔne ho nkontaa a, anka hena na obetumi agyina ano?

If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

4 Nanso wowɔ bɔnefakyɛ; ɛno nti wosuro wo.

But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

5 Metwɛn Awurade, me mu ade nyinaa twɛn, na nʼasɛm mu na mede mʼanidaso ahyɛ.

I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

6 Metwɛn Awurade sen sɛnea awɛmfo twɛn adekyee, sen sɛnea awɛmfo twɛn adekyee.

My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.

7 Israel, ma wʼani nna Awurade so, efisɛ Awurade wɔ adɔe a enni huammɔ na ogye ankasa wɔ ne mu.

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.

8 Ɔno ankasa begye Israel afi wɔn bɔne nyinaa mu.

And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.