Nnwom 56
1 Dawid dwom a ɔtoo bere a Filistifo kyeree no wɔ Gat no. Onyankopɔn, hu me mmɔbɔ na nnipa taa me anibere so; da mu nyinaa womia wɔn taa no mu.
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresses me.
2 Wɔn a wɔbɔ me ahohora taa me da mu nyinaa; wɔn a wɔma wɔn ho so tia me no dɔɔso.
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O you most High.
3 Sɛ mebɔ hu a, mede me ho bɛto wo so.
What time I am afraid, I will trust in you.
4 Onyankopɔn a mekamfo nʼasɛm no, mede me ho to Onyankopɔn so, na merensuro. Dɛn na onipa desani betumi ayɛ me?
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
5 Da mu nyinaa wogye mʼano si bɔne; bere biara wɔbɔ pɔw sɛ wɔbɛsɛe me.
Every day they shift my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 Wɔbɔ pɔw, wɔtetɛw, wɔhwɛ mʼanammɔntu, susuw sɛ wobekum me.
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
7 Wɔn amumɔyɛ nti mma wɔmmfa wɔn ho nni; Onyankopɔn, brɛ amanaman no ase wɔ wʼabufuw mu.
Shall they escape by iniquity? in your anger cast down the people, O God.
8 Kyerɛw me kwadwom to hɔ; sese me nusu wɔ wo nhoma mmobɔwee no mu. Enni nea woakyerɛw ato hɔ no mu ana?
You tell my wanderings: put you my tears into your bottle: are they not in your book?
9 Sɛ mepɛ mmoa fi wo hɔ a, mʼatamfo bɛsan wɔn akyi. Eyi bɛma mahu sɛ Onyankopɔn wɔ mʼafa.
When I cry unto you, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
10 Onyankopɔn a mekamfo nʼasɛm no, Awurade a mekamfo nʼasɛm no,
In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
11 mede me ho to Onyankopɔn so; na merensuro. Dɛn na ɔdesani betumi ayɛ me?
In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12 Me Onyankopɔn, mehyɛ bɔ a mahyɛ wo no ase, mede mʼaseda afɔre bɛbrɛ wo.
Your vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto you.
13 Efisɛ, woagye me afi owu mu, na mʼanan anhintiw, na matumi anantew Onyankopɔn anim wɔ nkwa hann no mu. Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo no. Wɔto no sɛnea wɔto “Mma Wɔnnsɛe No” nne so.
For you have delivered my soul from death: will not you deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
