Nnwom 16
1 Dawid mpaeɛbɔ. Bɔ me ho ban, Ao Onyankopɔn, na wo mu na menya hintabea.
A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
2 Meka kyerɛɛ Awurade sɛ, “MʼAwurade ne wo; menni adepa biara ka wo ho.”
I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
3 Ahotefoɔ a wɔwɔ asase no so deɛ, wɔne animuonyamfoɔ a mʼanigyeɛ wɔ wɔn mu.
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
4 Wɔn a wɔdi anyame afoforɔ akyire no wɔn awerɛhoɔ bɛdɔɔso. Merenyi wɔn mogya apaeɛ no bi na meremfa mʼano memmɔ wɔn din.
Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.
5 Awurade, wode me kyɛfa ne me kuruwa ama me; woama me kyɛfa anya banbɔ.
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
6 Mʼahyeɛ akɔdeda mmea a ɛhɔ yɛ ahomeka; ampa ara mewɔ agyapadeɛ a ɛho yɛ anigye.
The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
7 Mɛkamfo Awurade a ɔtu me fo; na anadwo mpo mʼakoma kyerɛkyerɛ me.
I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
8 Mehunu Awurade wɔ mʼani so daa nyinaa. Esiane sɛ ɔwɔ me nsa nifa enti, merenhinhim da.
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9 Ɛno enti, me kra ani gye, na mede me tɛkrɛma di ahurisie; me onipadua nso bɛhome asomdwoeɛ mu,
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. (Sheol h7585)
11 Woakyerɛ me nkwagyeɛ kwan, na wobɛma mʼani agye wɔ wʼanim, na anika a ɛrensa da wɔ wo nifa so.
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
