Nnwom 113

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

Praise the LORD. Praise, 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 forevermore.

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, his glory above the heavens.

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

Who is like the LORD, our God, who has his seat on high,

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

Who stoops down to see 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. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;

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 settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD.