Nnwom 92
1 Dwom a wɔto no Homeda. Eye sɛ wɔkamfo wo Awurade na wɔto dwom de hyɛ wo anuonyam, Ɔsorosoroni,
Yahweh, it is good for people to thank you and to sing to praise you [MTY] who are greater than any other god.
2 na wɔpae mu ka wʼadɔe anɔpa ne wo nokware anadwo,
It is good to proclaim every morning that you faithfully love us, and each night [to sing songs that] declare that you always do what you have promised to do,
3 wɔ hama du sanku so ne sankuten nnwom mu.
accompanied by [musicians playing] harps that have ten strings, and by the sounds made by a lyre.
4 Awurade, wo nneyɛe ma mʼani gye; mede anigye to nnwom, wo nsa ano nnwuma nti.
Yahweh, you have caused me to be glad; I sing joyfully because of what you [SYN] have done.
5 Awurade, wo nnwuma yɛ akɛse, na wo nyansa mu dɔ!
Yahweh, the things that you do are great! But it is difficult for us to understand [all] that you think.
6 Agyimifo nnim na nkwaseafo nte ase,
There are things [that you do] that foolish people cannot know about, things that stupid people cannot understand.
7 amumɔyɛfo benyin sɛ sare na abɔnefo bɛyɛ frɔmfrɔm de, nanso wɔbɛsɛe wɔn pasaa.
They do not understand that although the number of wicked [people] increases [like blades of] grass do [SIM], and they prosper, they will be completely destroyed.
8 Na wo Awurade, wɔayɛ wo ɔkɛse afebɔɔ.
But Yahweh, you [will] exalted/be honored/rule) forever.
9 Awurade, ampa ara, wʼatamfo bɛyera; na wɔbɛhwete abɔnefo nyinaa.
Yahweh, your enemies will [certainly] die, and those who do wicked things will be defeated/scattered.
10 Woama me ahoɔden te sɛ ɛko; woahwie ngohuam papa agu me so.
But you have caused me to be as strong [MTY] as [SIM] a wild ox; you have caused me to be very joyful [MTY].
11 Mahu mʼatamfo nkogu a wɔadi, mate sɛnea mʼatamfo atirimɔdenfo aguan afi akono.
I [SYN] have seen you defeat my enemies; d I have heard those evil men wail/scream while they were being slaughtered.
12 Atreneefo bɛyɛ frɔmfrɔm te sɛ abedua, wobenyin sɛ Lebanon sida;
But righteous [people] will prosper like [SIM] palm trees that grow well, or like [SIM] cedar [trees] that grow in Lebanon.
13 nea wɔadua wɔ Awurade fi, wobenyin frɔmfrɔm wɔ yɛn Nyankopɔn adiwo hɔ.
[They are like the trees] that grow near the temple of Yahweh [in Jerusalem], those trees that are close to the courtyard of the temple of our God.
14 Wɔbɛkɔ so asow aba, onyinkyɛ mu mpo, wɔbɛyɛ frɔmfrɔm sɛ ahabammono,
[Even] when righteous people become old, they do many things [IDM] [that please God]. They remain strong and full of energy, [like trees that] [MET] remain full of sap.
15 de akyerɛ sɛ, “Awurade yɛ ɔtreneeni; ɔyɛ me botan, na atirimɔdensɛm biara nni ne mu.”
That shows that Yahweh is just; he is [like a huge] rock [under which I am safe/protected], and he never does anything that is wicked/wrong.
