Nnwom 146

1 Monkamfo Awurade. Me kra, kamfo Awurade!

Praise ye the Lord. Praise thou the Lord, O my soule.

2 Mɛkamfo Awurade me nkwanna nyinaa; mɛto ayeyi dwom ama me Nyankopɔn, sɛ mete ase yi.

I will prayse the Lord during my life: as long as I haue any being, I wil sing vnto my God.

3 Mommfa mo ho nto mmapɔmma so, adesamma a wɔrentumi nnye nkwa.

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sonne of man, for there is none helpe in him.

4 Sɛ wɔn honhom tu kɔ a, wɔsan kɔ dɔte mu, saa da no ara wɔn nsusuwii nyinaa yɛ ɔkwa.

His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth: then his thoughtes perish.

5 Nhyira ne nea ne boafo ne Yakob Nyankopɔn, nea nʼanidaso wɔ Awurade, ne Nyankopɔn mu.

Blessed is he, that hath the God of Iaakob for his helpe, whose hope is in the Lord his God.

6 Ɔno ne ɔsoro ne asase Yɛfo, po ne biribiara a ɛwɔ mu nyinaa Awurade a ɔyɛ nokwafo daa no.

Which made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth his fidelitie for euer:

7 Odi ma wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so, na ɔma wɔn a ɔkɔm de wɔn aduan. Awurade gyaa nneduafo,

Which executeth iustice for the oppressed: which giueth bread to the hungry: the Lord loseth the prisoners.

8 Awurade ma anifuraefo hu ade. Awurade ma wɔn a wɔakom no so, Awurade dɔ atreneefo.

The Lord giueth sight to the blinde: the Lord rayseth vp the crooked: the Lord loueth the righteous.

9 Awurade hwɛ ahɔho so, na ɔwowaw ayisaa ne akunafo, na amumɔyɛfo akwan de, ɔdan ani.

The Lord keepeth the strangers: he relieueth the fatherlesse and widowe: but he ouerthroweth the way of the wicked.

10 Awurade di hene daa daa, Ao, Sion, wo Nyankopɔn, wɔ awo ntoatoaso nyinaa so. Monkamfo Awurade.

The Lord shall reigne for euer: O Zion, thy God endureth from generation to generation. Prayse ye the Lord.