Nnwom 113

1 Monkamfo Awurade. Ao, mo Awurade asomfoɔ, monkamfo no, monkamfo Awurade din.

Praise you the LORD. Praise, O you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.

2 Momma wɔnkamfo Awurade din, seesei ne daa nyinaa.

Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for ever more.

3 Ɛfiri baabi a owia pue kɔsi faako a ɔkɔtɔ, ma wɔnkamfo Awurade din.

From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same the LORD’s name is to be praised.

4 Wɔama Awurade so aman nyinaa so, nʼanimuonyam tra ɔsorosoro.

The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.

5 Hwan na ɔte sɛ Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn, Ɔbaako no a ɔdi ɔhene wɔ ɔsorosoro,

Who is like to the LORD our God, who dwells on high,

6 ɔno na ɔbɔ ne mu ase hwɛ ɔsorosoro ne asase.

Who humbles himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

7 Ɔma ahiafoɔ so firi mfuturo mu na ɔpagya onnibie firi nso sie so;

He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the dunghill;

8 ɔde wɔn tena mmapɔmma mu, wɔn nkurɔfoɔ mmapɔmma mu.

That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

9 Ɔbɔ obonini atenaseɛ wɔ ne fie sɛ ɔbaatan a nʼani gyeɛ. Monkamfo Awurade.

He makes the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise you the LORD.