Nnwom 139
1 Dawid dwom. Ao Awurade, woahwehwɛ me mu na woahunu me.
For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, you have proved me, and known me.
2 Wonim mʼasetena ne me sɔreɛ; wofiri akyirikyiri hunu mʼadwene mu.
You know my down-sitting and mine up-rising: you understand my thoughts long before.
3 Wonim mʼadifirie ne me nnaeɛ; wonim mʼakwan nyinaa.
You have traced my path and my bed, and have foreseen all my ways.
4 Ansa na mɛbue mʼano akasa no Ao Awurade, na wonim ne nyinaa dada.
For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: behold, O Lord, you have known all things,
5 Woatwa me ho nyinaa ahyia na wobɔ me ho ban.
the last and the first: you have fashioned me, and laid your hand upon me.
6 Saa nimdeɛ yi boro me nteaseɛ so, ɛyɛ me nwanwa dodo.
The knowledge of you is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I can’t [attain] to it.
7 Ɛhe na mɛtumi afiri wo honhom anim akorɔ? Ɛhe na mɛtumi adwane afiri wʼanim akorɔ?
Whither shall I go from your Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my presence?
If I should go up to heaven, you are there: if I should go down to hell, you are present. (Sheol h7585)
9 Sɛ mede adekyeeɛ ntaban tu na mekɔtena ɛpo akyi nohoa a,
If I should spread my wings [to fly] straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, [it would be vain],
10 mpo ɛhɔ na wo nsa bɛgya me akɔ, na wo nsa nifa bɛsɔ me mu.
for even there your hand would guide me, and your right hand would hold me.
11 Na meka sɛ, “Ampa ara esum mmɛkata me so na hann nnane adesaeɛ ntwa me ho nhyia a,”
When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night [was] light in my luxury.
12 esum mpo nnyɛ sum mma wo; na anadwo bɛhyerɛn sɛ awia; esum ne hann yɛ wo pɛ.
For darkness will not be darkness with you; but night will be light as day: as its darkness, so shall its light [be to you].
13 Na wo na wobɔɔ me honhom wonwonoo me wɔ me maame awotwaa mu.
For you, O Lord, have possessed my reins; you have helped me from my mother's womb.
14 Mekamfo wo, ɛfiri sɛ woyɛɛ me anwanwakwan so a ɛyɛ hu. Wo nnwuma yɛ nwanwa. Menim ɛno yie pa ara.
I will give you thanks; for you are fearfully wondrous; wondrous are your works; and my soul knows [it] well.
15 Wɔamfa me bɔberɛ anhinta wo ɛberɛ a wɔyɛɛ me kɔkoam no; ɛberɛ a wɔnwonoo me asase yam no,
My bones, which you made in secret were not hidden from you, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 wʼani hunuu me ɛberɛ a meyɛ mogya toa no. Nna dodoɔ a woatwa ama me no, wɔatwerɛ ne nyinaa wɔ wo nwoma mu ansa na emu baako reba mu.
Your eyes saw my unwrought [substance], and all [men] shall be written in your book; they shall be formed by day, though [there should for a time] be no one amongst them.
17 Ao Onyankopɔn, wo nsusuiɛ som bo ma me! Woka ne nyinaa bɔ mu a, ɛso dodo!
But your friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened.
18 Sɛ mese mɛkan a, ne dodoɔ bɛboro mpoano anwea, sɛ menyane a, me ne wo wɔ hɔ ara.
I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with you.
19 Ao Onyankopɔn, sɛ anka wobɛkumkum amumuyɛfoɔ a! Momfiri me so, mo mogyapɛfoɔ!
Oh that you would kill the wicked, O God; depart from me, you men of blood.
20 Wɔde adwemmɔne ka wo ho asɛm; wʼatamfoɔ mmɔ wo din pa.
For you will say concerning [their] thought, [that] they shall take your cities in vain.
21 Ao Awurade, metane wɔn a wɔtane wo, na mekyiri wɔn a wɔsɔre tia woɔ.
Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate you? and wasted away because of your enemies?
22 Menni hwee sɛ ɔtan a mewɔ ma wɔn; mefa wɔn sɛ mʼatamfoɔ.
I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies.
23 Hwehwɛ me mu, Ao Onyankopɔn, na hunu mʼakoma; sɔ me hwɛ na hunu mʼadwene.
Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;
24 Hwɛ sɛ bɔne bi wɔ me mu a, na fa me fa ɛkwan a ɛkɔ daa nkwa so. Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ.
and see if [there is any] way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way.
