Nnwom 56

1 Dawid dwom a ɔtoeɛ ɛberɛ a Filistifoɔ kyeree no wɔ Gat no. Ao Onyankopɔn, hunu me mmɔbɔ na nnipa taa me anibereɛ so; da mu nyinaa, wɔmia mmirika a wɔtu wɔtaa me no mu.

To the chief music-maker; put to Jonath elem rehokim. Of David. Michtam. When the Philistines took him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.

2 Wɔn a wɔbɔ me ahohora taa me da mu nyinaa; wɔn a wɔma wɔn ho so tia me dɔɔso.

My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.

3 Sɛ mebɔ hu a, mede me ho bɛto wo so.

In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.

4 Onyankopɔn a mekamfo nʼasɛm no, mede me ho to Onyankopɔn so, na merensuro. Ɛdeɛn na onipa dasani bɛtumi ayɛ me?

In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.

5 Ɛda mu nyinaa wɔgye mʼano si bɔne; ɛberɛ biara wɔbɔ pɔ sɛ wɔbɛteetee me.

Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 Wɔbɔ pɔ, na wɔtetɛ, wɔhwɛ mʼanammɔntuo, na wɔpere sɛ wɔbɛkum me.

They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

7 Ɛkwan biara so, mma wɔmfa wɔn ho nni; Ao Onyankopɔn, brɛ amanaman no ase wɔ wʼabufuo mu.

By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.

8 Twerɛ me kwadwom to hɔ; sese me nisuo wɔ wo nwoma mmobɔeɛ no mu. Ɛnni deɛ woatwerɛ ato hɔ no mu anaa?

You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?

9 Sɛ mepɛ mmoa firi wo hɔ a, mʼatamfoɔ bɛsane wɔn akyi. Yei bɛma mahunu sɛ Onyankopɔn wɔ mʼafa.

When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.

10 Onyankopɔn a mekamfo nʼasɛm no, Awurade a mekamfo nʼasɛm no,

In God will I give praise to his word; in the Lord will I give praise to his word.

11 mede me ho to Onyankopɔn so; na merensuro. Ɛdeɛn na ɔdasani bɛtumi ayɛ me?

In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.

12 Ao Onyankopɔn, mehyɛ ɛbɔ a mahyɛ wo no ase, mede mʼaseda afɔdeɛ bɛbrɛ wo.

I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.

13 Ɛfiri sɛ, woagye me afiri owuo mu, woamma me nan ansunti, sɛdeɛ mɛtumi anante Onyankopɔn anim wɔ nkwa hann mu. Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ no. Wɔto no sɛdeɛ wɔto “Mma Wɔnsɛe No.”

Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.