Nnwom 121

1 Ɔsoroforɔ dwom. Mema mʼani so kyerɛ mmepɔ no, ɛhe na me mmoa firi bɛba?

A Song of degrees. I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come?

2 Me mmoa firi Awurade, ɔsoro ne asase yɛfoɔ no.

My help [cometh] from Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth.

3 Ɔremma wo nan nwatiri, deɛ ɔhwɛ wo no, ɔrentɔ nko.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

4 Ampa ara deɛ ɔhwɛ Israel no rentɔ nko na ɔrenna.

Behold, he that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 Awurade hwɛ wo so; Awurade ne wo nwunu wɔ wo nsa nifa so;

Jehovah is thy keeper, Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand;

6 Owia renhye wo wɔ awiaberɛ mu, na ɔsrane nso renha wo anadwo.

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

7 Awurade bɛbɔ wo ho ban afiri ɔhaw nyinaa ho, ɔbɛhwɛ wo nkwa so;

Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul.

8 Awurade bɛhwɛ wʼadifire ne wo efieba so, seesei ne daa.

Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth and for evermore.