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 Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day [and] night before thee:
2 Ma me mpaebɔ nnu wʼanim; brɛ wʼaso ase tie me sufrɛ.
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. (Sheol h7585)
4 Wɔkan me fra wɔn a wɔrekɔ ɔda mu no; mete sɛ obi a onni ahoɔden.
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man [that hath] no strength:
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 that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
6 Woatow me akyene ɔda ase tɔnn, wɔ sum kabii mu.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
7 Wʼabufuwhyew ayɛ duru wɔ me so; woama wʼasorɔkye nyinaa abu afa me so.
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. (Selah)
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 mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: [I am] shut up, and I cannot come forth.
9 awerɛhow ama mʼani so ayɛ kusuu. Awurade misu frɛ wo da biara; metrɛw me nsam kyerɛ wo.
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
10 Woyɛ anwonwade kyerɛ awufo ana? Wɔn a wɔawuwu no sɔre kamfo wo ana?
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise [and] praise thee? (Selah)
11 Wɔka wʼadɔe ho asɛm wɔ ɔda mu, anaasɛ wo nokware ho asɛm wɔ ɔsɛe kurom ana?
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? [or] thy faithfulness 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 righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 Nanso Awurade, misu frɛ wo sɛ boa me; me mpaebɔ du wʼanim adekyee mu.
But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
14 Adɛn, Awurade, na wopo me na wode wʼanim hintaw me?
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me?
15 Mahu amane fi me mmofraase na mabɛn owu; wʼahunahuna ama mabrɛ na mapa abaw.
I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16 Wʼabufuwhyew abu afa me so; wʼahunahuna asɛe me.
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
17 Daa nyinaa wotwa me ho hyia sɛ nsuyiri, na wɔabu afa me so koraa.
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
18 Woafa me yɔnkonom ne mʼadɔfo afi me nkyɛn kɔ; na sum ayɛ mʼadamfo a ɔbɛn me pɛɛ.
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, [and] mine acquaintance into darkness.
