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 wilderness of Judah.” O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry land, and it is faint without water.
2 Mahunu wo wɔ Kronkronbea hɔ mahunu wo tumi ne wʼanimuonyam.
As I have beheld thee in the sanctuary, seeing thy strength and thy glory;
3 Esiane sɛ, wʼadɔeɛ di mu sene nkwa enti mʼano fafa bɛhyɛ wo animuonyam.
Because thy kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee:
4 Sɛ mete ase yi, mɛkamfo wo, na wo din mu na mɛpagya me nsa.
Thus will I bless thee while I live; in thy name will I lift up my hands.
5 Me ɔkra bɛmee sɛdeɛ wadi aduane papa bi; mede anofafa a ɛto dwom bɛyi wo ayɛ.
As with fat and marrow will my soul be satisfied; and with tuneful lips shall my mouth praise thee.
6 Meda me mpa so a, mekae wo. Anadwo dasuo mu nyinaa, medwene wo ho.
When I remember thee upon my couch, I meditate on thee in the night-watches.
7 Ɛfiri sɛ, wone ne ɔboafoɔ, wo ntaban ase nwunu mu na mɛto dwom.
Because thou hast been a help unto me; and in the shadow of thy wings will I sing rejoicingly.
8 Me kra bata wo ho; na wo nsa nifa kura me mu.
My soul cleaveth unto following thee: me thy right hand upholdeth.
9 Wɔn a wɔpɛ me akum me no bɛsɛe; wɔbɛkɔ asase ase tɔnn.
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go down into the lowest deeps of the earth.
10 Wɔbɛdane wɔn ama akofena na wɔbɛyɛ aduane ama sakraman.
They shall be delivered up to the power of the sword: they shall become a prey for jackals.
11 Nanso ɔhene bɛdi ahurisie wɔ Onyankopɔn mu; wɔn a wɔka ntam wɔ Onyankopɔn din mu nyinaa bɛkamfo no, na wɔbɛmua atorofoɔ ano. Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ.
But the king shall rejoice in God: every one that sweareth by him shall glorify himself; for the mouth of those that speak falsehood shall be stopped.
