Nnwom 140

1 Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo. Dawid dwom. Awurade, gye me fi nnebɔneyɛfo nsam; bɔ me ho ban fi basabasayɛfo nsam,

To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Deliuer me, O Lord, from the euill man: preserue me from the cruel man:

2 wɔn a wodwen bɔne wɔ wɔn koma mu na wɔhwanyan ɔko mu da biara.

Which imagine euill things in their heart, and make warre continually.

3 Wɔsew wɔn tɛkrɛma ano te sɛ ɔwɔ de; nhurutoa bɔre wɔ wɔn ano.

They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. (Selah)

4 Awurade, yi me fi amumɔyɛfo nsam; bɔ me ho ban fi basabasayɛfo a wodwen sɛ wobetwintwan mʼanan mu no ho.

Keepe mee, O Lord, from the handes of the wicked: preserue mee from the cruell man, which purposeth to cause my steppes to slide.

5 Ahantanfo asum me afiri; wɔatrɛtrɛw wɔn asau ahama mu wɔasunsum me mfiri wɔ me kwan so.

The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. (Selah)

6 Awurade, meka kyerɛ wo se, “Wone me Nyankopɔn.” Awurade, tie me mmɔborɔsu.

Therefore I saide vnto the Lord, Thou art my God: heare, O Lord, the voyce of my prayers.

7 Otumfo Awurade, me gyefo hoɔdenfo, wokata me ti so wɔ ɔko da,

O Lord God the strength of my saluation, thou hast couered mine head in the day of battel.

8 nyɛ amumɔyɛfo abisade mma wɔn, Awurade; mma wɔn nhyehyɛe nnyɛ yiye.

Let not the wicked haue his desire, O Lord: performe not his wicked thought, least they be proude. (Selah)

9 Wɔatwa me ho ahyia, nanso, ma amumɔyɛsɛm a efi wɔn anom no nsɛe wɔn.

As for the chiefe of them, that compasse me about, let the mischiefe of their owne lippes come vpon them.

10 Ma nnyansramma ngu wɔn so; ma wɔntow wɔn ngu ogya mu, ngu dontori amoa mu a wɔrensɔre bio.

Let coles fal vpon them: let him cast them into the fire, and into the deepe pits, that they rise not.

11 Mma dinsɛefo ase ntim asase no so; ma amanehunu ntaataa kitikitiyɛfo.

For the backbiter shall not be established vpon the earth: euill shall hunt the cruell man to destruction.

12 Minim sɛ Awurade bu ahiafo atɛntrenee na odi onnibi asɛm ma no.

I know that the Lord will auenge the afflicted, and iudge the poore.

13 Ampa ara, atreneefo bɛkamfo wo din na wɔn a wɔnam tee no bɛtena nkwa mu wɔ wʼanim.

Surely the righteous shall prayse thy Name, and the iust shall dwell in thy presence.