Nnwom 18
1 Awurade akoa Dawid dwom. Ɔtoo saa dwom yi maa Awurade, bere a ogyee no fii nʼatamfo nyinaa ne Saulo nsam no. Medɔ wo, Awurade, mʼahoɔden.
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
2 Awurade ne me botantim; mʼaban ne me gyefo; me Nyankopɔn yɛ me botan. Ne mu na minya me hintabea. Ɔyɛ me nkatabo, me nkwagye abɛn ne mʼabandennen.
The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.
3 Misu frɛ Awurade; ɔno na ayeyi sɛ no, efisɛ ogye me fi mʼatamfo nsam.
I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4 Owu nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn kyekyeree me; na ɔsɛe asorɔkye bu faa me so.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. (Sheol h7585)
6 Mʼahohia mu, misu frɛɛ Awurade. Misu frɛɛ me Nyankopɔn hwehwɛɛ mmoa. Ofi nʼasɔrefi hɔ tee me nne; me sufrɛ baa nʼanim, na ɛkɔɔ nʼasom.
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.
7 Asase wosowee na ehinhimii, na mmepɔw fapem wosowee wosuroe, efisɛ na ne bo afuw.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
8 Wusiw fii ne hwene mu; ogyaframa fii nʼanom, na nnyansramma dɛw fii mu.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
9 Ofii ɔsoro baa fam; na omununkum kabii duruu nʼanan ase.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet.
10 Ɔte kerubim so tu kɔɔ soro; gyaagyaa ne ho wɔ mframa ntaban so.
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
11 Ɔde sum kataa ne ho, osu a amuna tumm atwa ne ho ahyia.
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.
12 Hann kɛse hyerɛn wɔ nʼanim, na omununkum a mparuwbo ne anyinam wɔ mu fii ne ho hyerɛn mu bae.
At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire.
13 Awurade bobɔɔ mu fii ɔsoro; Ɔsorosoroni no nne gyigyee bio.
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.
14 Ɔtow ne bɛmma no de bɔɔ atamfo no ahwete, ɔde anyinam a ano yɛn den pam wɔn.
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
15 Po mu abon ho yiyii na asase nnyinaso ho daa hɔ, esiane wʼanimka ne ahomegu a efi wo hwene mu no nti, Awurade.
Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
16 Ofi soro baa fam besoo me mu; ɔtwee me fii nsu a mu dɔ mu.
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
17 Ogyee me fii me tamfo hoɔdenfo nsam, wɔn a wɔn ani sa me, na wɔn ho yɛ den dodo ma me no.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18 Wɔbaa me so wɔ mʼamanehunu da mu, nanso Awurade maa me so,
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
19 wode me baa baabi a hɔ trɛw; ogyee me, efisɛ nʼani sɔɔ me.
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 Awurade ne me adi no sɛnea me trenee te; wahwɛ me nsa a ho tew so atua me ka.
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21 Manantew Awurade akwan so. Mentwee me ho mfii me Nyankopɔn ho nkɔyɛɛ bɔne ɛ.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 Madi ne mmara nyinaa so: mimmuu nʼahyɛde so.
For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
23 Me ho nni asɛm wɔ Onyankopɔn anim, na matwe me ho afi bɔne ho.
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
24 Awurade agyina me treneeyɛ ne me nsa a ho tew wɔ nʼanim no so atua me ka.
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25 Woda wo ho adi sɛ ɔnokwafo kyerɛ wɔn a wodi nokware, wɔn a wodi mu nso wokyerɛ wɔn sɛ wodi mu.
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
26 Woyɛ kronkron ma wɔn a wɔyɛ kronkron, na amumɔyɛfo de, wukyi wɔn.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
27 Wugye ahobrɛasefo nkwa, na wobrɛ ahantanfo ase.
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
28 Awurade, woma me kanea hyerɛn. Yiw, woma me sum dan hann.
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
29 Wʼahoɔden a wode ma me nti, mitumi ka asraafo gu; me Nyankopɔn nti, mitumi foro ɔfasu.
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
30 Onyankopɔn de, nʼakwan yɛ pɛ; Awurade bɔhyɛ nyinaa ba mu. Ɔyɛ nkatabo ma wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ bammɔ wɔ ne mu.
[As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he [is] a buckler to all those that trust in him.
31 Na hena na ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn ka Awurade ho? Hena na ɔyɛ Ɔbotan no? Gye sɛ yɛn Nyankopɔn no.
For who [is] God save the LORD? or who [is] a rock save our God?
32 Ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔma me ahoɔden, na ɔma me kwan yɛ pɛ.
[It is] God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
33 Ɔma mʼanammɔn ho yɛ hare sɛ ɔforote de. Ɔma me gyina sorɔnsorɔmmea.
He maketh my feet like hinds’ [feet], and setteth me upon my high places.
34 Osiesie me ma ɔko, na me basa tumi kuntun kɔbere mfrafrae tadua.
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
35 Wode wo ogye boa me nkatabo, na wo nsa nifa ma me gyina. Wobrɛ wo ho ase ma meyɛ ɔkɛse.
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
36 Woabɔ kwan tɛtrɛɛ ama mʼanan sɛnea me nkotodwe rengurow.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
37 Metaa mʼatamfo kɔtoo wɔn; mansan mʼakyi kosii sɛ mesɛee wɔn.
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
38 Mɛdwerɛw wɔn, na wɔantumi ansɔre, wɔhwehwee ase wɔ mʼanan ase.
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
39 Wode akodi ahoɔden maa me; womaa mʼatamfo bɔɔ wɔn mu ase wɔ me nan ase.
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40 Womaa mʼatamfo dan wɔn ho guanee, na mesɛe wɔn a wɔtan me.
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
41 Wosu hwehwɛɛ mmoa, nanso obiara ammegye wɔn, wɔfrɛɛ Awurade, nanso wammua.
They cried, but [there was] none to save [them: even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
42 Meyam wɔn sɛ mfutuma a mframa bɔ gu; mihwiee wɔn guu sɛ mmɔnten so dontori.
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
43 Woagye me afi nnipa no ɔfow mu, woayɛ me amanaman no ti; nnipa a minnim wɔn abɛyɛ mʼasomfo.
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; [and] thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people [whom] I have not known shall serve me.
44 Wɔte me nka pɛ a, wɔyɛ osetie ma me; ananafo kotow mʼanim.
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
45 Wɔn nyinaa botobotow; wofi wɔn abandennen mu ba ahopopo so.
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
46 Awurade te ase! Ayeyi nka me Botan! Wɔmma Onyankopɔn, me Gyefo no din so!
The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
47 Ɔno ne Onyankopɔn a ɔtɔ were ma me, ɔno na ɔka amanaman hyɛ mʼase,
[It is] God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
48 ɔno na ogye me fi mʼatamfo nsam. Wopagyaw me sii mʼatamfo so, wugyee me fii basabasayɛfo nsam.
He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
49 Ɛno nti, mɛkamfo wo wɔ amanaman mu, Ao Awurade. Mɛto ayeyi dwom ama wo din.
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
50 Wode nkonimdi akɛse ama wo hene; woda ɔdɔ a ɛnsa da adi kyerɛ nea woasra no ngo, wode kyerɛ Dawid, ne nʼasefo afebɔɔ. Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo.
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
