Nnwom 31

1 Dawid dwom. Wo mu, Ao Awurade, na manya hintabea; mma mʼanim ngu ase; firi wo tenenee mu gye me.

In you, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in your righteousness.

2 Yɛ aso ma me, bra ntɛm bɛgye me; yɛ me banbɔ botan, aban a mʼatamfoɔ nsa renka me.

Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: be you my strong rock, for an house of defense to save me.

3 Sɛ woyɛ me botan ne mʼaban enti, wo din enti, di mʼanim na kyerɛ me ɛkwan.

For you are my rock and my fortress; therefore for your name’s sake lead me, and guide me.

4 Gye me firi afidie a wɔasum me no mu, ɛfiri sɛ wo ne me dwanekɔbea.

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privately for me: for you are my strength.

5 Wo nsam na mede me kra hyɛ; gye me bio, Ao Awurade, Onyankopɔn nokwafoɔ.

Into your hand I commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

6 Mekyiri wɔn a wɔsom abosom huhuo; mede me ho to Awurade so.

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

7 Mʼani bɛgye na madi ahurisie wɔ wo dɔ mu, ɛfiri sɛ wohunu mʼamanehunu na wonim me kra mu haw.

I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in adversities;

8 Woamfa me amma ɔtamfoɔ no mmom wode me nan asisi petee mu.

And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: you have set my feet in a large room.

9 Hu me mmɔbɔ, Ao Awurade, ɛfiri sɛ me ho yera me; awerɛhoɔ ama mʼani so ayɛ kusuu ɛyea ama me kra ne me honam ayɛ mmerɛ.

Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my belly.

10 Ateeteeɛ rete me nkwa so na abooboo te me mfeɛ so; ɔhaw enti mʼahoɔden kɔ fam na me nnompe nso ahodwo.

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

11 Mʼatamfoɔ nyinaa enti, mayɛ ahohora wɔ me nnamfonom mu; nnipa a wɔnim me suro me, na wɔn a wɔhunu me mmɔntene so dwane.

I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

12 Obiara werɛ afiri me te sɛ deɛ mawuo; mayɛ sɛ kukuo a abɔ.

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

13 Mete dodoɔ no nsekuro. Ahunahuna atwa me ho ahyia. Wɔrepam me tiri so na wɔbɔ pɔ sɛ wɔbɛkum me.

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

14 Nanso, mede me ho ato wo so, Ao Awurade; meka sɛ, “Woyɛ me Onyankopɔn.”

But I trusted in you, O LORD: I said, You are my God.

15 Me mmerɛ wɔ wo nsam gye me firi mʼatamfoɔ ne wɔn a wɔtaa me no nsam.

My times are in your hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from them that persecute me.

16 Te wʼanim kyerɛ wo ɔsomfoɔ; gye me wɔ wo dɔ a ɛnsa da no mu.

Make your face to shine on your servant: save me for your mercies’ sake.

17 Mma mʼanim ngu ase, Ao Awurade, ɛfiri sɛ masu mafrɛ wo; mmom, ma amumuyɛfoɔ anim ngu ase na wɔnna wɔn damena mu komm. (Sheol h7585)

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called on you: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. (Sheol h7585)

18 Mua atorofoɔ ano, ɛfiri sɛ wɔde ahantan ne anintiabuo kasa tia teneneefoɔ.

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

19 Wo papayɛ dɔɔso, ɛno na woakora ama wɔn a wɔsuro woɔ no; ɛno na wode ma wɔn a wɔdwane toa woɔ no wɔ nnipa anim.

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you; which you have worked for them that trust in you before the sons of men!

20 Wode wɔn sie wʼanim banbɔ mu firi nnipa nsusuiɛ bɔne ho; wo tenabea hɔ na wode wɔn sie dwoodwoo firi tɛkrɛma a ɛbɔ soboɔ ho.

You shall hide them in the secret of your presence from the pride of man: you shall keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

21 Ayɛyi nka Awurade! Sɛ wayi ne dɔ nwanwasoɔ akyerɛ me ɛberɛ a na mewɔ kuropɔn a atamfoɔ atwa ho ahyia no mu.

Blessed be the LORD: for he has showed me his marvelous kindness in a strong city.

22 Mebɔɔ huboa no, mekaa sɛ: “Woayi wʼani me so!” Nanso wotee me mmɔborɔ su ɛberɛ a mekoto srɛɛ woɔ no.

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before your eyes: nevertheless you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you.

23 Monnɔ Awurade, mo a moyɛ nʼahotefoɔ nyinaa! Awurade kora wɔn a wodi nokorɛ so, na ahomasofoɔ deɛ ɔtua wɔn ka pɛpɛɛpɛ.

O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD preserves the faithful, and plentifully rewards the proud doer.

24 Monhyɛ den na momma mo bo ntɔ mo yam, mo a mowɔ anidasoɔ wɔ Awurade mu nyinaa.

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that hope in the LORD.