Nnwom 88
1 Kora mma dwom a wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo sɛ wɔnto no “Mahalat Leannot” sanku so. Esrahini Heman ɔhaw ne amanehunu dwom. Awurade, woyɛ me nkwagye Nyankopɔn misu wɔ wʼanim adekyee ne adesae.
A canticle of a psalm for the sons of Core: unto the end, for Maheleth, to answer understanding of Eman the Ezrahite. O Lord, the God of my salvation: I have cried in the day, and in the night before thee.
2 Ma me mpaebɔ nnu wʼanim; brɛ wʼaso ase tie me sufrɛ.
Let my prayer come in before thee: incline thy ear to my petition.
For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell. (Sheol h7585)
4 Wɔkan me fra wɔn a wɔrekɔ ɔda mu no; mete sɛ obi a onni ahoɔden.
I am counted among them that go down to the pit: I am become as a man without help,
5 Wɔayi me asi nkyɛn wɔ awufo mu, te sɛ atɔfo a wɔdeda ɔda mu, wɔn a wonkae wɔn bio, na wonhwɛ wɔn bio.
Free among the dead. Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cast off from thy hand.
6 Woatow me akyene ɔda ase tɔnn, wɔ sum kabii mu.
They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.
7 Wʼabufuwhyew ayɛ duru wɔ me so; woama wʼasorɔkye nyinaa abu afa me so.
Thy wrath is strong over me: and all thy waves thou hast brought in upon me.
8 Woafa me nnamfonom a wɔbɛn me afi me nkyɛn woama me ho ayɛ wɔn ahi. Woaka me ahyɛ mu na mintumi nguan;
Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me: they have set me an abomination to themselves. I was delivered up, and came not forth:
9 awerɛhow ama mʼani so ayɛ kusuu. Awurade misu frɛ wo da biara; metrɛw me nsam kyerɛ wo.
My eyes languished through poverty. All the day I cried to thee, O Lord: I stretched out my hands to thee.
10 Woyɛ anwonwade kyerɛ awufo ana? Wɔn a wɔawuwu no sɔre kamfo wo ana?
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee?
11 Wɔka wʼadɔe ho asɛm wɔ ɔda mu, anaasɛ wo nokware ho asɛm wɔ ɔsɛe kurom ana?
Shall any one in the sepulchre declare thy mercy: and thy truth in destruction?
12 Wohu wʼanwonwade wɔ beae a hɔ aduru sum, anaa wo trenee nnwuma no wɔ awerɛfiri asase so ana?
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; and thy justice in the land of forgetfulness?
13 Nanso Awurade, misu frɛ wo sɛ boa me; me mpaebɔ du wʼanim adekyee mu.
But I, O Lord, have cried to thee: and in the morning my prayer shall prevent thee.
14 Adɛn, Awurade, na wopo me na wode wʼanim hintaw me?
Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me?
15 Mahu amane fi me mmofraase na mabɛn owu; wʼahunahuna ama mabrɛ na mapa abaw.
I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled.
16 Wʼabufuwhyew abu afa me so; wʼahunahuna asɛe me.
Thy wrath hath come upon me: and thy terrors have troubled me.
17 Daa nyinaa wotwa me ho hyia sɛ nsuyiri, na wɔabu afa me so koraa.
They have come round about me like water all the day: they have compassed me about together.
18 Woafa me yɔnkonom ne mʼadɔfo afi me nkyɛn kɔ; na sum ayɛ mʼadamfo a ɔbɛn me pɛɛ.
Friend and neighbour thou hast put far from me: and my acquaintance, because of misery.
