Nnwom 31

1 Dawid dwom. Wo mu, Awurade na manya guankɔbea; mma mʼanim ngu ase; fi wo trenee mu gye me.

Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy. In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: deliver me in thy justice.

2 Yɛ aso ma me, bra ntɛm begye me; yɛ me bammɔ botan, aban a mʼatamfo nsa renka me.

Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, to save me.

3 Sɛ woyɛ me botan ne mʼaban nti, wo din nti di mʼanim na kyerɛ me kwan.

For thou art my strength and my refuge; and for thy name’s sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me.

4 Gye me fi afiri a wɔasum me no mu, efisɛ wo ne me guankɔbea.

Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector.

5 Wo nsam na mede me kra hyɛ; gye me bio, Awurade, Onyankopɔn nokwafo.

Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.

6 Mikyi wɔn a wɔsom abosom huhuw; mede me ho to Awurade so.

Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord:

7 Mʼani begye na madi ahurusi wɔ wo dɔ mu, efisɛ wuhu mʼamanehunu, na wunim me kra mu haw.

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. For thou best regarded my humility, thou hast saved my soul out of distresses.

8 Womfaa me nhyɛɛ ɔtamfo no nsa mmom wode me nan asisi petee mu.

And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.

9 Hu me mmɔbɔ, Awurade, efisɛ me ho yeraw me; awerɛhow ama mʼani so ayɛ kusuu ɔyaw ama me kra ne me honam ayɛ mmerɛw.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:

10 Ɔyawdi retew me nkwa so, na abooboo tew me mfe so; ɔhaw nti mʼahoɔden kɔ fam, na me nnompe nso ahodwow.

For my life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs. My strength is weakened through poverty and my bones are disturbed.

11 Mʼatamfo nyinaa nti, mayɛ ahohora wɔ me nnamfonom mu; nnipa a wonim me suro me, na wɔn a wohu me mmɔnten so guan.

I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours; and a fear to my acquaintance. They that saw me without fled from me.

12 Obiara werɛ afi me te sɛ nea mawu; mayɛ sɛ kuku a abɔ.

I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as a vessel that is destroyed.

13 Mete asomsɛm dodow a wɔka ahunahuna atwa me ho ahyia. Wɔrepam me ti so, na wɔbɔ pɔw sɛ wobekum me.

For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about. While they assembled together against me, they consulted to take away my life.

14 Nanso mede me ho ato wo so, Awurade; meka se, “Woyɛ me Nyankopɔn.”

But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my God.

15 Me mmere wɔ wo nsam gye me fi mʼatamfo ne wɔn a wɔtaa me no nsam.

My lots are in thy hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and from them that persecute me.

16 Tew wʼanim kyerɛ wo somfo; gye me wɔ wo dɔ a enni huammɔ no mu.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy.

17 Mma mʼanim ngu ase, Awurade, efisɛ masu afrɛ wo; mmom, ma amumɔyɛfo anim ngu ase na wɔnna wɔn nna mu komm. (Sheol h7585)

Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell. (Sheol h7585)

18 Mua atorofo ano, efisɛ wɔde ahantan ne animtiaabu kasa tia atreneefo.

Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse.

19 Wo papayɛ dɔɔso, ɛno na woakora ama wɔn a wosuro wo no ɛno na wode ma wɔn a woguan toa wo no wɔ nnipa anim.

O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee! Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in thee, in the sight of the sons of men.

20 Wode wɔn sie wʼanim bammɔ mu fi nnipa nsusuwii bɔne ho; wo tenabea hɔ na wode wɔn sie dwoodwoo fi tɛkrɛma a ɛbɔ sobo ho.

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the disturbance of men. Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.

21 Ayeyi nka Awurade! Sɛ wayi ne dɔ nwonwaso akyerɛ me bere a na mewɔ kuropɔn a atamfo atwa ho ahyia no mu no.

Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.

22 Mebɔɔ huboa no mekae se: “Woayi wʼani afi me so!” Nanso wotee me mmɔborɔsu bere a mekotow srɛɛ wo no.

But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from before thy eyes. Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, when I cried to thee.

23 Monnɔ Awurade mo a moyɛ nʼahotewfo nyinaa! Awurade kora wɔn a wodi nokware so, na ahomasofo de, otua wɔn ka pɛpɛɛpɛ.

O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.

24 Monyɛ den na momma mo bo ntɔ mo yam, mo a mowɔ anidaso wɔ Awurade mu nyinaa.

Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.