Nnwom 121

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

I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

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

My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and 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 shall neither slumber nor sleep.

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

The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord 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;

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

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

The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.