Nnwom 71
1 Ao Awurade, wo mu na me dwane hinta; mma mʼanim ngu ase da.
In you, LORD, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.
2 Wo tenenee no enti, yi me na gye me; tie me na gye me nkwa.
Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.
3 Yɛ me nkwagyeɛ botan faako a mɛtumi akɔ daa; hyɛ ma wɔmmɛgye me nkwa, na wo ne me botan ne mʼaban.
Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
4 Ao me Onyankopɔn, gye me firi amumuyɛfoɔ nsam, gye me firi nnebɔneyɛfoɔ ne atirimuɔdenfoɔ nsam.
Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5 Na woayɛ mʼanidasoɔ, Ao Asafo Awurade, mʼahotɔsoɔ firi mʼababunu berɛ mu.
For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
6 Ɛfiri awoɔ mu, mede me ho ato wo so; wo na woyii me firii me maame yafunu mu. Mɛkamfo wo daa.
I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb. I will always praise you.
7 Mayɛ nhwɛsodeɛ ama bebree, nanso wo ne me dwanekɔbea denden.
I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.
8 Wo nkamfo ahyɛ mʼanom ma, mekamfo wʼanimuonyam da mu nyinaa.
My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long.
9 Nto me ntwene ɛberɛ a mabɔ akɔkoraa; mʼahoɔden sa me mu a, nnya me.
Do not reject me in my old age. Do not forsake me when my strength fails.
10 Ɛfiri sɛ mʼatamfoɔ kasa tia me wɔn a wɔtwɛn sɛ wɔbɛkum me no bom pam me tiri so.
For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,
11 Wɔka sɛ, “Onyankopɔn agya no mu; momma yɛnti no na yɛnkyere no, na obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛgye no.”
saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”
12 Ao Onyankopɔn, mfiri me nkyɛn nkɔ akyiri; Ao me Onyankopɔn, yɛ ntɛm bɛboa me.
God, do not be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
13 Ma wɔn a wɔbɔ me soboɔ no nsɛe animguaseɛ mu; wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔpira me no ma ahohora ne animguaseɛ nkata wɔn so.
Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
14 Nanso me deɛ, mɛnya anidasoɔ daa; mɛkɔ so makamfo wo.
But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.
15 Mɛka wo tenenee ho asɛm, ne wo nkwagyeɛ da mu nyinaa, nanso mennim ano.
My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I do not know its full measure.
16 Ao Otumfoɔ Awurade, mɛba abɛpae mu aka wo nnwuma akɛseɛ no; mɛpae mu aka wo nko ara tenenee akyerɛ.
I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord GOD. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.
17 Ao Onyankopɔn, ɛfiri mʼababunu berɛ na wokyerɛkyerɛɛ me, na ɛbɛsi ɛnnɛ yi, meka wʼanwanwadeɛ a woayɛ kyerɛ.
God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
18 Mpo sɛ mebɔ akɔkoraa na mefu dwono a, Ao Onyankopɔn, nnya me, kɔsi sɛ mɛka wo tumi ho asɛm akyerɛ nkyirimma, ne wo kɛseyɛ akyerɛ wɔn a wɔbɛba nyinaa.
Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, do not forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.
19 Ao Onyankopɔn, wo tenenee duru sorosoro, wo a woayɛ nneɛma akɛseɛ. Ao Onyankopɔn, hwan na ɔte sɛ wo?
God, your righteousness also reaches to the heavens. You have done great things. God, who is like you?
20 Mmom woama mahunu ɔhaw bebree a ɛyɛ yea; nanso wobɛma me nkwa bio; na wobɛyi me bio afiri asase ase.
You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
21 Wobɛhyɛ me animuonyam bebree na woakyekye me werɛ bio.
Increase my honor and comfort me again.
22 Mede sankuo bɛkamfo wo Ao me Onyankopɔn, wo tenenee enti mɛto wʼayɛyi dwom wɔ sankuten so Ao Israel Kronkronni.
I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
23 Mʼanofafa de anigyeɛ bɛteam ɛberɛ a meto dwom kamfo woɔ, me a woagye me no.
My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!
24 Me tɛkrɛma bɛka wo tenenee nnwuma da mu nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔha me no kɔ animguaseɛ ne basabasayɛ mu.
My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.
