Nnwom 56

1 Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo. Wɔto no sɛnea wɔto “Aburuburu a osi Akyirikyiri Odum so,” nne so. 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.

“To the chief musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, by David, a Michtham, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.” Be gracious unto me, O God; for man longeth to swallow me up; all the time he oppresseth me fighting.

2 Wɔn a wɔbɔ me ahohora taa me da mu nyinaa; wɔn a wɔma wɔn ho so tia me no dɔɔso.

Those that regard me with envy long to swallow [me] up all the time; for many are they that fight against me, O thou Most High.

3 Sɛ mebɔ hu a, mede me ho bɛto wo so.

The day [when] I am afraid, I will still trust in thee.

4 Onyankopɔn a mekamfo nʼasɛm no, mede me ho to Onyankopɔn so, na merensuro. Dɛn na onipa desani betumi ayɛ me?

In God will I praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid: what can flesh do unto me?

5 Da mu nyinaa wogye mʼano si bɔne; bere biara wɔbɔ pɔw sɛ wɔbɛsɛe me.

All the day they wrest my words: against me are all their thoughts for evil.

6 Wɔbɔ pɔw, wɔtetɛw, wɔhwɛ mʼanammɔntu, susuw sɛ wobekum me.

They come together in troops, they hide themselves, they are those that watch my heels, as though they hoped [to take] my soul.

7 Wɔn amumɔyɛ nti mma wɔmmfa wɔn ho nni; Onyankopɔn, brɛ amanaman no ase wɔ wʼabufuw mu.

Because of their wrong-doing let me escape from them: in 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?

My wanderings hast thou well numbered: put thou my tears into thy bottle; behold, they are numbered by thee.

9 Sɛ mepɛ mmoa fi wo hɔ a, mʼatamfo bɛsan wɔn akyi. Eyi bɛma mahu sɛ Onyankopɔn wɔ mʼafa.

Then shall my enemies retire backward on the day when I call [on thee]: this I know—that God is for me.

10 Onyankopɔn a mekamfo nʼasɛm no, Awurade a mekamfo nʼasɛm no,

In God will I praise the word: in the Lord will I praise the 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 can man do unto me?

12 Me Onyankopɔn, mehyɛ bɔ a mahyɛ wo no ase, mede mʼaseda afɔre bɛbrɛ wo.

Upon me, O God, [rest] thy vows: I will pay thanksgiving offerings unto thee.

13 Efisɛ, woagye me afi owu mu, na mʼanan anhintiw, na matumi anantew Onyankopɔn anim wɔ nkwa hann no mu.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death—yea, behold, my feet from slipping, that I may walk before God in the light of the life.