Nnwom 63
1 Dawid dwom. Ɛberɛ a ɔwɔ Yuda Ɛserɛ so no na ɔtoeɛ. Ao, Onyankopɔn, wone me Onyankopɔn Mehwehwɛ wo anibereɛ so; wo ho sukɔm de me kra, me onipadua ani agyina wo, wɔ asase a awo na ɛserɛ nni so, baabi a nsuo nnie.
A Psalm of David, when he was in the desert of Idumea. O God, my God: to you, I keep vigil until first light. For you, my soul has thirsted, to you my body, in so many ways.
2 Mahunu wo wɔ Kronkronbea hɔ mahunu wo tumi ne wʼanimuonyam.
By a deserted land, both inaccessible and waterless, so I have appeared in the sanctuary before you, in order to behold your virtue and your glory.
3 Esiane sɛ, wʼadɔeɛ di mu sene nkwa enti mʼano fafa bɛhyɛ wo animuonyam.
For your mercy is better than life itself. It is you my lips will praise.
4 Sɛ mete ase yi, mɛkamfo wo, na wo din mu na mɛpagya me nsa.
So will I bless you in my life, and I will lift up my hands in your name.
5 Me ɔkra bɛmee sɛdeɛ wadi aduane papa bi; mede anofafa a ɛto dwom bɛyi wo ayɛ.
Let my soul be filled, as if with marrow and fatness; and my mouth will give praise with exultant lips.
6 Meda me mpa so a, mekae wo. Anadwo dasuo mu nyinaa, medwene wo ho.
When I have remembered you on my bed in the morning, I will meditate on you.
7 Ɛfiri sɛ, wone ne ɔboafoɔ, wo ntaban ase nwunu mu na mɛto dwom.
For you have been my helper. And I will exult under the cover of your wings.
8 Me kra bata wo ho; na wo nsa nifa kura me mu.
My soul has clung close to you. Your right hand has supported me.
9 Wɔn a wɔpɛ me akum me no bɛsɛe; wɔbɛkɔ asase ase tɔnn.
Truly, these ones have sought my soul in vain. They will enter into the lower parts of the earth.
10 Wɔbɛdane wɔn ama akofena na wɔbɛyɛ aduane ama sakraman.
They will be delivered into the hand of the sword. They will be the portions of foxes.
11 Nanso ɔhene bɛdi ahurisie wɔ Onyankopɔn mu; wɔn a wɔka ntam wɔ Onyankopɔn din mu nyinaa bɛkamfo no, na wɔbɛmua atorofoɔ ano.
Truly, the king will rejoice in God: all those who swear by him will be praised, because the mouth of those who speak iniquity has been blocked.
