Nnwom 18
1 Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ. Awurade akoa Dawid dwom. Ɔtoo saa dwom yi maa Awurade, ɛberɛ a ɔgyee no firii nʼatamfoɔ nyinaa ne Saulo nsam no. Medɔ wo, Ao Awurade, mʼahoɔden.
TO THE OVERSEER. BY A SERVANT OF YHWH, BY DAVID, WHO HAS SPOKEN TO YHWH THE WORDS OF THIS SONG IN THE DAY YHWH DELIVERED HIM FROM THE HAND OF ALL HIS ENEMIES, AND FROM THE HAND OF SAUL, AND HE SAYS: I love You, O YHWH, my strength.
2 Awurade ne me botantim; mʼaban ne me gyefoɔ; me Onyankopɔn ne me botan Ne mu na menya me hintabea. Ɔyɛ mʼakokyɛm, me nkwagyeɛ abɛn ne mʼabandenden.
YHWH [is] my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God [is] my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower.
3 Mesu frɛ Awurade; ɔno na ayɛyie sɛ no, ɛfiri sɛ ɔgye me firi mʼatamfoɔ nsam.
I call on YHWH, the Praised One, And I am saved from my enemies.
4 Owuo nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn kyekyeree me; na ɔsɛeɛ asorɔkye bu faa me so.
Cords of death have surrounded me, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.
Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Snares of death have been before me. (Sheol h7585)
6 Mʼahohia mu, mesu mefrɛɛ Awurade. Mesu mefrɛɛ me Onyankopɔn pɛɛ mmoa. Ɔfiri nʼasɔrefie hɔ tee me nne; me sufrɛ baa nʼanim, na ɛkɔɔ nʼasom.
In my adversity I call YHWH, And I cry to my God. He hears my voice from His temple, And My cry comes into His ears before Him.
7 Asase wosoeɛ na ɛhinhimeɛ, na mmepɔ fapem wosoeɛ wɔsuroeɛ ɛfiri sɛ na ne bo afu.
And the earth shakes and trembles, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake—because He has wrath.
8 Wisie firii ne hwene mu; ogyaframa firii nʼanom, na egyasramma dɛre firii mu.
Smoke has gone up from His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumes, Coals have been kindled by it.
9 Ɔfirii ɔsoro baa fam; na omununkum kabii duruu ne nan ase.
And He inclines the heavens, and comes down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
10 Ɔte Kerubim so tu kɔɔ soro; gyaagyaa ne ho wɔ mframa ntaban so.
And He rides on a cherub, and flies, And He flies on wings of wind.
11 Ɔde sum kataa ne ho, osu a amuna tumm atwa ne ho ahyia.
He makes darkness His secret place, Around Him His dwelling place, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12 Hann kɛseɛ hyerɛn wɔ nʼanim, na omununkum a asukɔtweaa ne anyinam wɔ mu firii ne ho hyerɛn mu baeɛ.
From the brightness before Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.
13 Awurade bobɔɔ mu firii soro; Ɔsorosoroni no nne gyegyeeɛ bio.
And YHWH thunders in the heavens, And the Most High gives forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire.
14 Ɔtoo ne bɛmma no de bɔɔ atamfoɔ no hweteeɛ, ɔde anyinam a ano yɛn den pamoo wɔn.
And He sends His arrows and scatters them, And much lightning, and crushes them.
15 Ɛpo mu mmɔnka ho yiyiiɛ na asase nnyinasoɔ ho daa hɔ, ɛsiane wʼanimka ne ahomeguo a ɛfiri wo hwene mu no enti, Ao Awurade.
And the streams of waters are seen, And foundations of the earth are revealed, From Your rebuke, O YHWH, From the breath of the wind of Your anger.
16 Ɔfiri ɔsoro baa ɛfam bɛsɔɔ me mu; ɔtwee me firii nsuo a emu dɔ mu.
He sends from above—He takes me, He draws me out of many waters.
17 Ɔgyee me firii me ɔtamfoɔ hoɔdenfoɔ nsam, wɔn a wɔn ani sa me, na wɔn ho yɛ den dodo ma me no.
He delivers me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.
18 Wɔbaa me so wɔ mʼamanehunu da mu, nanso Awurade pagyaa me.
They go before me in a day of my calamity And YHWH is for a support to me.
19 Ɔde me baa baabi a ɛhɔ trɛ; ɔgyee me, ɛfiri sɛ nʼani sɔɔ me.
And He brings me forth to a large place, He draws me out, because He delighted in me.
20 Awurade ne me adi no sɛdeɛ me tenenee teɛ; wahwɛ me nsa a ɛho teɛ so atua me ka.
YHWH repays me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He returns to me.
21 Manante Awurade akwan so. Mentwee me ho mfirii me Onyankopɔn ho nkɔyɛɛ bɔne.
For I have kept the ways of YHWH, And have not done wickedly against my God.
22 Madi ne mmara nyinaa so: memmuu nʼahyɛdeɛ so.
For all His judgments [are] before me, And I do not turn His statutes from me.
23 Me ho nni asɛm wɔ Onyankopɔn anim, na matwe me ho afiri bɔne ho.
And I am perfect with Him, And I keep myself from my iniquity.
24 Awurade agyina me teneneeyɛ ne me nsa a ɛho teɛ wɔ nʼanim so atua me ka.
And YHWH returns to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Before His eyes.
25 Woda wo ho adi sɛ ɔnokwafoɔ kyerɛ wɔn a wɔdi nokorɛ, wɔn a wɔdi mu nso wo kyerɛ wɔn sɛ wodi mu.
With the kind You show Yourself kind, With a perfect man You show Yourself perfect.
26 Woyɛ kronn ma wɔn a wɔyɛ kronn, na amumuyɛfoɔ deɛ, wokyiri wɔn.
With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverse You show Yourself a wrestler,
27 Wogye ahobrɛasefoɔ nkwa, na wobrɛ ahantanfoɔ ase.
For You save a poor people, And cause the eyes of the high to fall.
28 Ao Awurade, woyɛ me kanea. Aane, woma me sum dane hann.
For You light my lamp, My God YHWH enlightens my darkness.
29 Wʼahoɔden a wode ma me enti, metumi ka akodɔm gu; me Onyankopɔn enti, metumi foro ɔfasuo.
For by You I run [against] a troop! And by my God I leap a wall.
30 Onyankopɔn deɛ, nʼakwan yɛ pɛ; Awurade bɔhyɛ nyinaa ba mu. Ɔyɛ akokyɛm ma wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ banbɔ wɔ ne mu.
God—perfect [is] His way, The saying of YHWH is tried, He [is] a shield to all those trusting in Him.
31 Na hwan na ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn ka Awurade ho? Na hwan na ɔyɛ Ɔbotan no, gye sɛ yɛn Onyankopɔn no.
For who [is] God besides YHWH? And who [is] a rock except our God?
32 Ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔma me ahoɔden, na ɔma me kwan yɛ pɛ.
God—who is girding me [with] strength, And He makes my way perfect.
33 Ɔma mʼanammɔn ho yɛ hare sɛ ɔforoteɛ deɛ. Ɔma me gyina sorɔnsorɔmmea.
Making my feet like does, And on my high places causes me to stand.
34 Ɔsiesie me ma ɔko, na mʼabasa tumi kuntunu kɔbere mfrafraeɛ tadua.
Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of bronze was brought down by my arms.
35 Wode wo nkonimdie akokyɛm ma me, na wo nsa nifa kura me. Wobrɛ wo ho ase ma meyɛ kɛseɛ.
And You give to me the shield of Your salvation, And Your right hand supports me, And Your lowliness makes me great.
36 Woabɔ ɛkwan tɛtrɛɛ ama me nan sɛdeɛ ɛrenwatiri.
You enlarge my step under me, And my ankles have not slipped.
37 Metaa mʼatamfoɔ kɔtoo wɔn; mansane mʼakyi kɔsii sɛ mesɛee wɔn.
I pursue my enemies, and overtake them, And do not turn back until they are consumed.
38 Mɛdwerɛ wɔn, na wɔantumi ansɔre, wɔhwehwee ase wɔ me nan ase.
I strike them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,
39 Wode akodie ahoɔden maa me; womaa mʼatamfoɔ bɔɔ wɔn mu ase wɔ me nan ase.
And You gird me [with] strength for battle, You cause my withstanders to bow under me.
40 Womaa mʼatamfoɔ danee wɔn ho dwaneeɛ, na mesɛe wɔn a wɔtan me.
As for my enemies—You have given to me the neck, As for those hating me—I cut them off.
41 Wɔsu pɛɛ mmoa, nanso obiara ammɛgye wɔn, wɔfrɛɛ Awurade, nanso wammua.
They cry, and there is no savior, On YHWH, and He does not answer them.
42 Meyamoo wɔn sɛ mfuturo a mframa bɔ guo; me hwiee wɔn guiɛ sɛ mmɔntene so atɛkyɛ.
And I beat them as dust before wind, I empty them out as mire of the streets.
43 Woagye me afiri nnipa no ntohyɛsoɔ mu, woayɛ me amanaman no ti; nnipa a mennim wɔn abɛyɛ mʼasomfoɔ.
You deliver me From the strivings of the people, You place me for a head of nations, A people I have not known serve me.
44 Wɔte me nka pɛ a, wɔyɛ ɔsetie ma me; ananafoɔ koto mʼanim.
At the hearing of the ear they listen to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,
45 Wɔn nyinaa botoboto; wɔfiri wɔn abandenden mu ba ahopopoɔ so.
Sons of a stranger fade away, And are slain out of their close places.
46 Awurade te ase! Ayɛyi nka me Botan! Wɔmma Onyankopɔn me Gyefoɔ no din so!
YHWH lives—and blessed [is] my rock, And exalted is the God of my salvation.
47 Ɔno ne Onyankopɔn a ɔtɔ awere ma me, ɔno na ɔka amanaman hyɛ mʼase,
God—who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdues peoples under me,
48 ɔno na ɔgye me firi mʼatamfoɔ nsam. Wopagyaa me sii mʼatamfoɔ so, wogyee me firii basabasayɛfoɔ nsam.
My deliverer from my enemies, You raise me above my withstanders, Deliver me from a man of violence.
49 Ɛno enti, mɛkamfo wo wɔ amanaman mu, Ao Awurade. Mɛto ayɛyie dwom ama wo din.
Therefore I confess You among nations, O YHWH, And I sing praise to Your Name,
50 Wode nkonimdie akɛseɛ ama wo ɔhene; woda ɔdɔ a ɛnsa da adi kyerɛ deɛ woasra no ngo, wode kyerɛ Dawid, ne nʼasefoɔ afebɔɔ.
Magnifying the salvation of His king, And doing kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed—for all time!
