Nnwom 41
1 Dawid dwom. Nhyira ne onipa a mmɔborɔni asɛm ho hia no. Awurade gye no wɔ amanehunu berɛ mu.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
2 Awurade bɛbɔ ne ho ban na wakora ne kra. Ɔbɛhyira no wɔ asase no so; ɔrennyaa no mma nʼatamfoɔ apɛdeɛ.
The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.
3 Awurade bɛhwɛ no wɔ ne yadeɛ mpa so na wagye no asi hɔ.
The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
4 Mekaa sɛ, “Ao Awurade hunu me mmɔbɔ; sa me yadeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ mayɛ bɔne atia wo.”
I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
5 Mʼatamfoɔ de adwene bɔne ka wɔ me ho sɛ: “Da bɛn na ɔbɛwu ama ne din ayera?”
My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
6 Ɛberɛ biara a obi ba me nkyɛn no, ɔka atorɔsɛm, na nʼakoma hɔre dinsɛeɛ; ɔfiri adi kɔ a, ɔde kɔdi nsekuro.
My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
7 Mʼatamfoɔ nyinaa keka asomusɛm fa me ho; wɔsusu bɔne ma me na wɔka sɛ:
All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
8 “Yare bɔne bi abɔ no; ɔrensɔre mfiri deɛ ɔda hɔ bio.”
“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
9 Mpo me yɔnko pa ara a mede me ho too ne soɔ, deɛ me ne no too nsa didiiɛ no, asɔre atia me.
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
10 Nanso wo, Awurade, hunu me mmɔbɔ; pagya me, na mentua wɔn so ka.
But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
11 Menim sɛ wʼani sɔ me, na me ɔtamfoɔ renni me so nkonim.
By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
12 Me nokorɛdie mu, wokura me mu na wode me gyina wʼanim afebɔɔ.
In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
13 Nhyira nka Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, ɛnnɛ ne daa nyinaa. Amen ne Amen! Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ.
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
