Nnwom 140
1 Dawid dwom. Awurade, gye me fi nnebɔneyɛfo nsam; bɔ me ho ban fi basabasayɛfo nsam,
To the leader. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, Lord, from evil people; from the violent guard me
2 wɔn a wodwen bɔne wɔ wɔn koma mu na wɔhwanyan ɔko mu da biara.
from those who plot evil in their heart, and stir up war continually:
3 Wɔsew wɔn tɛkrɛma ano te sɛ ɔwɔ de; nhurutoa bɔre wɔ wɔn ano.
who make their tongue as sharp as a serpent’s, and under whose lips is the poison of adders. (Selah)
4 Awurade, yi me fi amumɔyɛfo nsam; bɔ me ho ban fi basabasayɛfo a wodwen sɛ wobetwintwan mʼanan mu no ho.
Preserve me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked, from the violent guard me from those who are plotting to trip up my feet.
5 Ahantanfo asum me afiri; wɔatrɛtrɛw wɔn asau ahama mu wɔasunsum me mfiri wɔ me kwan so.
The proud have hidden a trap for me, cords they have spread as a net for my feet: snares they have set at the side of my track. (Selah)
6 Awurade, meka kyerɛ wo se, “Wone me Nyankopɔn.” Awurade, tie me mmɔborɔsu.
I have said to the Lord, ‘My God are you; attend, Lord, to my loud plea.
7 Otumfo Awurade, me gyefo hoɔdenfo, wokata me ti so wɔ ɔko da,
O Lord my Lord, my saviour mighty, you did cover my head in the day of battle.
8 nyɛ amumɔyɛfo abisade mma wɔn, Awurade; mma wɔn nhyehyɛe nnyɛ yiye.
Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; and what they have purposed, promote you not.’ (Selah)
9 Wɔatwa me ho ahyia, nanso, ma amumɔyɛsɛm a efi wɔn anom no nsɛe wɔn.
Let them not lift up their heads against me. May the mischief they prate bring themselves to destruction,
10 Ma nnyansramma ngu wɔn so; ma wɔntow wɔn ngu ogya mu, ngu dontori amoa mu a wɔrensɔre bio.
may he rain upon them coals of fire, may he strike them down swiftly, to rise no more,
11 Mma dinsɛefo ase ntim asase no so; ma amanehunu ntaataa kitikitiyɛfo.
no place in the land may there be for the slanderer: may the violent be hunted from sorrow to sorrow.
12 Minim sɛ Awurade bu ahiafo atɛntrenee na odi onnibi asɛm ma no.
I know that the Lord will do right by the weak, and will execute justice for those who are needy.
13 Ampa ara, atreneefo bɛkamfo wo din na wɔn a wɔnam tee no bɛtena nkwa mu wɔ wʼanim.
Surely the righteous shall praise your name, and they who are upright shall live in your presence.
