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.
To the chief Musician upon Jonathelem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
2 Wɔn a wɔbɔ me ahohora taa me da mu nyinaa; wɔn a wɔma wɔn ho so tia me no dɔɔso.
My enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they are] many that fight against me, O thou Most High.
3 Sɛ mebɔ hu a, mede me ho bɛto wo so.
In the time when I am afraid, I will 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 I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do to me.
5 Da mu nyinaa wogye mʼano si bɔne; bere biara wɔbɔ pɔw sɛ wɔbɛsɛe me.
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.
6 Wɔbɔ pɔw, wɔtetɛw, wɔhwɛ mʼanammɔntu, susuw sɛ wobekum me.
They assemble themselves, 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 [thy] 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?
Thou numberest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: [are they] not in thy book?
9 Sɛ mepɛ mmoa fi wo hɔ a, mʼatamfo bɛsan wɔn akyi. Eyi bɛma mahu sɛ Onyankopɔn wɔ mʼafa.
When I cry [to thee], then shall my 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 to me.
12 Me Onyankopɔn, mehyɛ bɔ a mahyɛ wo no ase, mede mʼaseda afɔre bɛbrɛ wo.
Thy vows [are] upon me, O God: I will render praises to thee.
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 thou hast delivered my soul from death: [wilt thou] not [deliver] my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
