Nnwom 56

1 Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ. Wɔto no sɛdeɛ wɔto “Aburuburo a ɔsi Akyirikyiri Odum so.” 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.

Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance from the sanctuary for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philistines held him in Geth. Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.

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

My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they are many that make war against me.

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

From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in thee.

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

In God I will praise my words, in God I have put my trust: I will not fear what flesh can do against me.

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

All the day long they detested my words: all their thoughts were against me unto evil.

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

They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul,

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

For nothing shalt thou save them: in thy anger thou shalt break the people in pieces, O God,

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

I have declared to thee my life: thou hast set my tears in thy sight, As also in thy promise.

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

Then shall my enemies be turned back. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, behold I know thou art my God.

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

In God will I praise the word, in the Lord will I praise his speech.

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

In God have I hoped, I will not fear what man can do to me.

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

In me, O God, are vows to thee, which I will pay, praises to thee:

13 Ɛfiri sɛ, woagye me afiri owuo mu, woamma me nan ansunti, sɛdeɛ mɛtumi anante Onyankopɔn anim wɔ nkwa hann mu.

Because thou hast delivered my soul from death, my feet from falling: that I may please in the sight of God, in the light of the living.