Nnwom 103
1 Dawid deɛ. Ao me kra, kamfo Awurade; na me mu adeɛ nyinaa nkamfo ne din kronkron no.
Praise Adonai, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
2 Ao me kra, kamfo Awurade, na mma wo werɛ mfiri ne nneyɛeɛ pa nyinaa,
Praise Adonai, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits;
3 ɔno na ɔde wo mfomsoɔ nyinaa kyɛ woɔ na ɔsa wo nyarewa nyinaa,
who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases;
4 ɔgye wo nkwa firi damena mu na ɔde adɔeɛ ne mmɔborɔhunu bɔ wo abotire,
who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with cheshed ·loving-kindness· and tender racham ·merciful love·;
5 ɔde nnepa ma wo sɛ wʼapɛdeɛ na wo mmeranteberɛ yɛ foforɔ sɛ ɔkɔdeɛ.
who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 Awurade yɛ adetenenee na ɔbu wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so nyinaa atɛntenenee.
Adonai executes righteous acts, and mishpat ·justice· for all who are oppressed.
7 Ɔkyerɛɛ Mose nʼakwan, na ɔmaa Israelfoɔ hunuu ne nneyɛɛ.
He made known his ways to Moses [Drawn out], his deeds to the children of Israel [God prevails].
8 Mmɔborɔhunufoɔ ne ɔdomfoɔ ne Awurade, ne bo kyɛre fu na nʼadɔeɛ dɔɔso.
Adonai is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in cheshed ·loving-kindness·.
9 Ɔrenkɔ so mmɔ soboɔ, na ɔrennya yɛn ho menasepɔ nkɔsi daa;
He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.
10 Ɔrenhwɛ yɛn bɔne ne yɛn nni sɛdeɛ ɛfata na ɔrentua yɛn nnebɔne so ka sɛdeɛ ɛteɛ.
He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.
11 Na sɛdeɛ ɔsoro ne asase ntam ware no, saa ara na nʼadɔeɛ so wɔ wɔn a wɔsuro no so.
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his cheshed ·loving-kindness· toward those who fear him.
12 Sɛdeɛ apueeɛ ne atɔeɛ ntam ware no, saa ara na wama yɛn ne yɛn mmarato ntam kwan aware.
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
13 Sɛdeɛ agya yam hyehye no ne mma ho no, saa ara na Awurade yam hyehye no ma wɔn a wɔsuro no,
Like a father has racham ·compassionate merciful love· on his children, so Adonai has racham ·compassionate merciful love· on those who fear him.
14 na ɔnim sɛdeɛ wɔyɛɛ yɛn, ɔkae sɛ yɛyɛ mfuturo.
For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.
15 Ɔdasani deɛ, ne nna te sɛ ɛserɛ, ɔyɛ frɔmm sɛ wiram nhwiren;
As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 sɛ mframa bɔ fa ne so a, na ɔnni hɔ, na ne sibea nnim no bio.
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
17 Nanso ɛfiri mmerɛsanten kɔsi nnasanten Awurade adɔeɛ wɔ wɔn a wɔsuro no so, na ne tenenee wɔ wɔn mma mma so,
But Adonai’s cheshed ·loving-kindness· is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children;
18 wɔn a wɔdi nʼapam no so na wɔkae di ne mmara so.
to those who keep his covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties·, to those who remember to obey his precepts.
19 Awurade asi nʼahennwa wɔ soro, na nʼahennie di adeɛ nyinaa so.
Adonai has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.
20 Monkamfo Awurade, mo a moyɛ nʼabɔfoɔ, mo atumfoɔ a moyɛ nʼahyɛdeɛ, mo a motie nʼasɛm.
Praise Adonai, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, Sh'ma ·hearing obeying· the voice of his word.
21 Monkamfo Awurade, ɔsoro asafo nyinaa, nʼasomfoɔ a moyɛ nʼapɛdeɛ.
Praise Adonai, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure.
22 Monkamfo Awurade, ne nnwuma nyinaa deɛ ɛwɔ nʼaheman mu nyinaa. Ao me ɔkra, kamfo Awurade!
Praise Adonai, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Adonai, my soul!
