Nnwom 18
1 Awurade akoa Dawid dwom. Ɔtoo saa dwom yi maa Awurade, ɛberɛ a ɔgyee no firii nʼatamfoɔ nyinaa ne Saulo nsam no. Medɔ wo, Ao Awurade, mʼahoɔden.
[For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, ] I love you, Jehovah, my strength.
2 Awurade ne me botantim; mʼaban ne me gyefoɔ; me Onyankopɔn ne me botan Ne mu na menya me hintabea. Ɔyɛ mʼakokyɛm, me nkwagyeɛ abɛn ne mʼabandenden.
Jehovah is my Rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my Rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
3 Mesu frɛ Awurade; ɔno na ayɛyie sɛ no, ɛfiri sɛ ɔgye me firi mʼatamfoɔ nsam.
I call on Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
4 Owuo nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn kyekyeree me; na ɔsɛeɛ asorɔkye bu faa me so.
The waves of death surrounded me, and the currents of ungodliness overwhelmed me.
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me. (Sheol h7585)
6 Mʼahohia mu, mesu mefrɛɛ Awurade. Mesu mefrɛɛ me Onyankopɔn pɛɛ mmoa. Ɔfiri nʼasɔrefie hɔ tee me nne; me sufrɛ baa nʼanim, na ɛkɔɔ nʼasom.
In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and cried out to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry before him came into his ears.
7 Asase wosoeɛ na ɛhinhimeɛ, na mmepɔ fapem wosoeɛ wɔsuroeɛ ɛfiri sɛ na ne bo afu.
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
8 Wisie firii ne hwene mu; ogyaframa firii nʼanom, na egyasramma dɛre firii mu.
Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
9 Ɔfirii ɔsoro baa fam; na omununkum kabii duruu ne nan ase.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
10 Ɔte Kerubim so tu kɔɔ soro; gyaagyaa ne ho wɔ mframa ntaban so.
He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
11 Ɔde sum kataa ne ho, osu a amuna tumm atwa ne ho ahyia.
He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy around him thick clouds dark with water.
12 Hann kɛseɛ hyerɛn wɔ nʼanim, na omununkum a asukɔtweaa ne anyinam wɔ mu firii ne ho hyerɛn mu baeɛ.
From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed on, with hailstones and coals of fire.
13 Awurade bobɔɔ mu firii soro; Ɔsorosoroni no nne gyegyeeɛ bio.
Jehovah also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice.
14 Ɔtoo ne bɛmma no de bɔɔ atamfoɔ no hweteeɛ, ɔde anyinam a ano yɛn den pamoo wɔn.
And he sent out arrows and scattered them, and he shot lightning bolts and routed them.
15 Ɛpo mu mmɔnka ho yiyiiɛ na asase nnyinasoɔ ho daa hɔ, ɛsiane wʼanimka ne ahomeguo a ɛfiri wo hwene mu no enti, Ao Awurade.
And the depths of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
16 Ɔfiri ɔsoro baa ɛfam bɛsɔɔ me mu; ɔtwee me firii nsuo a emu dɔ mu.
He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.
17 Ɔgyee me firii me ɔtamfoɔ hoɔdenfoɔ nsam, wɔn a wɔn ani sa me, na wɔn ho yɛ den dodo ma me no.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
18 Wɔbaa me so wɔ mʼamanehunu da mu, nanso Awurade pagyaa me.
They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my support.
19 Ɔde me baa baabi a ɛhɔ trɛ; ɔgyee me, ɛfiri sɛ nʼani sɔɔ me.
He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 Awurade ne me adi no sɛdeɛ me tenenee teɛ; wahwɛ me nsa a ɛho teɛ so atua me ka.
Jehovah has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
21 Manante Awurade akwan so. Mentwee me ho mfirii me Onyankopɔn ho nkɔyɛɛ bɔne.
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 Madi ne mmara nyinaa so: memmuu nʼahyɛdeɛ so.
For all his ordinances were before me. I did not put away his statutes from me.
23 Me ho nni asɛm wɔ Onyankopɔn anim, na matwe me ho afiri bɔne ho.
I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
24 Awurade agyina me teneneeyɛ ne me nsa a ɛho teɛ wɔ nʼanim so atua me ka.
Therefore Jehovah has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25 Woda wo ho adi sɛ ɔnokwafoɔ kyerɛ wɔn a wɔdi nokorɛ, wɔn a wɔdi mu nso wo kyerɛ wɔn sɛ wodi mu.
With the faithful you show yourself faithful. With the innocent you show yourself innocent.
26 Woyɛ kronn ma wɔn a wɔyɛ kronn, na amumuyɛfoɔ deɛ, wokyiri wɔn.
With the pure you show yourself pure. And with the crooked you show yourself tortuous.
27 Wogye ahobrɛasefoɔ nkwa, na wobrɛ ahantanfoɔ ase.
For you will save a humble people, but the eyes of the proud you will bring low.
28 Ao Awurade, woyɛ me kanea. Aane, woma me sum dane hann.
For you light my lamp. Jehovah my God lights up my darkness.
29 Wʼahoɔden a wode ma me enti, metumi ka akodɔm gu; me Onyankopɔn enti, metumi foro ɔfasuo.
For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
30 Onyankopɔn deɛ, nʼakwan yɛ pɛ; Awurade bɔhyɛ nyinaa ba mu. Ɔyɛ akokyɛm ma wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ banbɔ wɔ ne mu.
As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Jehovah is pure. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
31 Na hwan na ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn ka Awurade ho? Na hwan na ɔyɛ Ɔbotan no, gye sɛ yɛn Onyankopɔn no.
For who is God, except Jehovah? Who is a rock, besides our God,
32 Ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔma me ahoɔden, na ɔma me kwan yɛ pɛ.
the God who girds me with strength, and makes my way blameless?
33 Ɔma mʼanammɔn ho yɛ hare sɛ ɔforoteɛ deɛ. Ɔma me gyina sorɔnsorɔmmea.
He makes my feet like deer's feet, and sets me on my high places.
34 Ɔsiesie me ma ɔko, na mʼabasa tumi kuntunu kɔbere mfrafraeɛ tadua.
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
35 Wode wo nkonimdie akokyɛm ma me, na wo nsa nifa kura me. Wobrɛ wo ho ase ma meyɛ kɛseɛ.
You have also given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand holds me up, and your help has made me great.
36 Woabɔ ɛkwan tɛtrɛɛ ama me nan sɛdeɛ ɛrenwatiri.
You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
37 Metaa mʼatamfoɔ kɔtoo wɔn; mansane mʼakyi kɔsii sɛ mesɛee wɔn.
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and I did not turn back until they were destroyed.
38 Mɛdwerɛ wɔn, na wɔantumi ansɔre, wɔhwehwee ase wɔ me nan ase.
I struck them through, so that they did not rise. They fell beneath my feet.
39 Wode akodie ahoɔden maa me; womaa mʼatamfoɔ bɔɔ wɔn mu ase wɔ me nan ase.
For you have equipped me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
40 Womaa mʼatamfoɔ danee wɔn ho dwaneeɛ, na mesɛe wɔn a wɔtan me.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
41 Wɔsu pɛɛ mmoa, nanso obiara ammɛgye wɔn, wɔfrɛɛ Awurade, nanso wammua.
They cried, but there was none to save; even to Jehovah, but he did not answer them.
42 Meyamoo wɔn sɛ mfuturo a mframa bɔ guo; me hwiee wɔn guiɛ sɛ mmɔntene so atɛkyɛ.
Then I ground them as fine as the dust on the surface of a path. Like the mud in the streets, I trampled them.
43 Woagye me afiri nnipa no ntohyɛsoɔ mu, woayɛ me amanaman no ti; nnipa a mennim wɔn abɛyɛ mʼasomfoɔ.
You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
44 Wɔte me nka pɛ a, wɔyɛ ɔsetie ma me; ananafoɔ koto mʼanim.
As soon as they hear of me they obey me. Foreigners come cringing to me;
45 Wɔn nyinaa botoboto; wɔfiri wɔn abandenden mu ba ahopopoɔ so.
they are not bound in chains.
46 Awurade te ase! Ayɛyi nka me Botan! Wɔmma Onyankopɔn me Gyefoɔ no din so!
Jehovah lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
47 Ɔno ne Onyankopɔn a ɔtɔ awere ma me, ɔno na ɔka amanaman hyɛ mʼase,
even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
48 ɔno na ɔgye me firi mʼatamfoɔ nsam. Wopagyaa me sii mʼatamfoɔ so, wogyee me firii basabasayɛfoɔ nsam.
He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
49 Ɛno enti, mɛkamfo wo wɔ amanaman mu, Ao Awurade. Mɛto ayɛyie dwom ama wo din.
Therefore I will praise you, Jehovah, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.
50 Wode nkonimdie akɛseɛ ama wo ɔhene; woda ɔdɔ a ɛnsa da adi kyerɛ deɛ woasra no ngo, wode kyerɛ Dawid, ne nʼasefoɔ afebɔɔ. Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ.
He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his descendants, until forever.
