Nnwom 7
1 Dawid adesrɛ dwom a Benyaminni Kus nsɛm enti ɔto maa Awurade. Ao, Awurade me Onyankopɔn, medwane metoa wo; Gye me firi wɔn a wɔtaa me nyinaa nsam,
A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
2 anyɛ saa a wɔbɛtete me mu sɛ gyata na wɔatete me mu asinasini a obiara rentumi nnye me.
or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3 Ao, Awurade me Onyankopɔn, sɛ mayɛ yei na sɛ afɔdie aba me so a,
O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
4 sɛ mayɛ bɔne atia deɛ ɔne me te yie anaasɛ mabɔ me ɔtamfoɔ korɔno kwa a,
if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
5 ɛnneɛ ma mʼatamfoɔ ntaa me na wɔmmɛto me; ma wɔntiatia me so wɔ fam na wɔmma me funu nna mfuturo mu.
then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust.
6 Sɔre wʼabufuo mu, Ao Awurade! Sɔre tia mʼatamfoɔ abufuo. Nyane, me Onyankopɔn; hyɛ atɛntenee mmara.
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
7 Ma nnipadɔm mmɛtwa wo ho nhyia. Firi soro hɔ di wɔn so;
Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
8 ma Awurade mmu nnipa no atɛn. Bu me atɛn, Ao Awurade sɛdeɛ me teneneeyɛ teɛ, sɛdeɛ me nokorɛdie teɛ, Ao Ɔsorosoroni.
The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
9 Ao Onyankopɔn teneneeni, wo a wohwehwɛ adwene ne akoma mu, fa amumuyɛfoɔ basabasayɛ bra awieeɛ na ma ateneneefoɔ nya banbɔ.
Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
10 Mʼakokyɛm ne Ɔsorosoro Onyankopɔn deɛ ɔgye akoma mu teneneeni no.
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 Onyankopɔn yɛ ɔtemmufoɔ teneneeni, Onyame a ɔda nʼabufuo adi da biara.
God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
12 Sɛ wansesa nʼadwene a, ɔbɛse nʼakofena ano; ɔbɛkuntunu ne tadua na ɔde bɛmma ahyɛ mu.
If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
13 Wasiesie ne kɔdiawuo akodeɛ; ayɛ ne bɛmma a ɛrederɛ no krado.
He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
14 Deɛ ɔnyinsɛn amumuyɛ na basabasayɛ ahyɛ no ma no, ɔwo nnaadaa.
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
15 Deɛ ɔtu tokuro na ɔyi mu dɔteɛ no hwe tokuro a watu no mu.
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
16 Ɔhaw a ɔde ba no dane bɔ nʼankasa so; ne basabasayɛ bɔ nʼankasa tiri so.
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
17 Mede aseda bɛma Awurade ne tenenee enti na mato ayɛyi dwom ayi Awurade, Ɔsorosoroni no din ayɛ. Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ sɛ wɔnto no “gittit” sankuo nne so.
I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
