Dwom 3
Dawid dwom a ɔtoeɛ ɛberɛ a ɔredwane afiri ne babarima Absalom anim.
1Ao Awurade, hwɛ sɛdeɛ mʼatamfoɔ dɔɔso fa!
Dodoɔ no ara na wɔsɔre tia me!
2Bebree no ara ka fa me ho sɛ,
“Onyankopɔn rennye no”.
3Nanso, Ao Awurade, woyɛ akokyɛm a atwa me ho ahyia
wohyɛ me animuonyam na wopagya me ti.
4Meteam su frɛ Awurade,
na ɔgye me so firi ne bepɔ kronkron no so.
5Metɔ hɔ na meda a,
menyane bio, ɛfiri sɛ Awurade kora me so.
6Merensuro atamfoɔ mpem mpem a
wɔatwa me ho ahyia no.
7Sɔre, Ao Awurade!
Gye me, Ao me Onyankopɔn!
Bobɔ mʼatamfoɔ nyinaa apantan;
na tutu amumuyɛfoɔ se.
8Awurade hɔ na ɔgyeɛ firi ba.
Ma wo nhyira mmra wo nkurɔfoɔ so.
Psalm 3In Hebrew texts 3:1-8 is numbered 3:2-9.
A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.
1Lord, how many are my foes!
How many rise up against me!
2Many are saying of me,
“God will not deliver him.”3:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 4 and 8.
3But you, Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
4I call out to the Lord,
and he answers me from his holy mountain.
5I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.
6I will not fear though tens of thousands
assail me on every side.
7Arise, Lord!
Deliver me, my God!
Strike all my enemies on the jaw;
break the teeth of the wicked.
8From the Lord comes deliverance.
May your blessing be on your people.
