Nnwom 113

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

Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye 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 evermore.

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 dwelleth on high.

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

Who humbleth [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 raiseth the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth 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 maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.