Dwom 40
Dawid dwom.
1Mede boasetɔ twɛnee Awurade;
na ɔhwɛɛ me, na ɔtee me sufrɛ.
2Ɔyii me firii amena a emu yɛ toro mu,
firii dɔteɛ ne atɛkyɛ mu;
ɔde me nan sii ɔbotan so
na ɔmaa me baabi pa gyinaeɛ.
3Ɔde dwom foforɔ hyɛɛ mʼanom,
ayɛyi dwom a yɛde ma yɛn Onyankopɔn.
Bebree bɛhunu na wɔasuro
na wɔde wɔn werɛ ahyɛ Awurade mu.
4Nhyira ne onipa a
ɔde Awurade yɛ nʼahotɔsoɔ,
deɛ ɔmfa nʼani nto ahomasoɔ so,
ne wɔn a wɔmane di anyame huhuo akyi.
5Ao Awurade me Onyankopɔn
woayɛ anwanwadeɛ bebree.
Nneɛma a wohyehyɛ maa yɛn no
obiara ntumi nka ne nyinaa nkyerɛ wo;
sɛ meka sɛ mereka ne nyinaa ho asɛm a
ɛbɛdɔɔso dodo.
6Wompɛ afɔrebɔ ne ayɛyɛdeɛ,
woabue mʼaso ama mahunu;
woampɛ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ne bɔne afɔdeɛ.
7Na mekaa sɛ “Mewɔ ha,
merebɛyɛ deɛ wopɛ sɛ meyɛ, sɛdeɛ wɔatwerɛ afa me ho wɔ Mmara nwoma no mu no.
8Ao me Onyankopɔn, mepɛ sɛ meyɛ wʼapɛdeɛ;
mede wo mmara ahyɛ mʼakoma mu.”
9Meka wo tenenee ho asɛm wɔ dwabɔ kɛseɛ ase;
meremmua mʼano,
Ao Awurade, sɛdeɛ wonim no.
10Meremfa wo tenenee ho asɛm nsie mʼakoma mu;
meka wo nokorɛ ne wo nkwagyeɛ ho asɛm.
Mankata wʼadɔeɛ ne wo nokorɛ so
wɔ dwabɔ kɛseɛ no ase.
11Ao Awurade, nyi wʼahummɔborɔ mfiri me so;
ma wʼadɔeɛ ne wo nokorɛ mmɔ me ho ban daa.
12Ɔhaw bebree atwa me ho ahyia;
mʼamumuyɛ abu afa me so enti menhunu adeɛ bio.
Ɛdɔɔso sene me tiri so nwi,
na mʼakoma aboto wɔ me mu.
13Ao Awurade, ma ɛnsɔ wʼani sɛ wobɛboa me;
Ao Awurade, bra ntɛm bɛboa me.
14Wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔkum me no nyinaa,
ma wɔn anim ngu ase na wɔnyɛ basaa;
ma wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ mesɛeɛ no,
wɔmfa aniwuo nsane wɔn akyi.
15Wɔn a wɔka “Ɔtwea! Ɔtwea!” kyerɛ me no,
ma wɔn ho nnwiri wɔn wɔ wɔn ankasa animguaseɛ ho.
16Nanso ma wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ wo nyinaa
ani nnye na wɔnni ahurisie wɔ wo mu;
ma wɔn a wɔdɔ wo nkwagyeɛ no nka daa sɛ,
“Momma Awurade so!”
17Nanso meyɛ ohiani ne mmɔborɔni;
ma Awurade nnwene me ho.
Wone me ɔboafoɔ ne me gyefoɔ;
Ao me Onyankopɔn, bra ntɛm.
Psalm 40
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1I was patient while I waited for the Lord.
He turned to me and heard my cry for help.
2I was sliding down into the pit of death, and he pulled me out.
He brought me up out of the mud and dirt.
He set my feet on a rock.
He gave me a firm place to stand on.
3He gave me a new song to sing.
It is a hymn of praise to our God.
Many people will see and have respect for the Lord.
They will put their trust in him.
4Blessed is the person
who trusts in the Lord.
They don’t trust in proud people.
Those proud people worship statues of gods.
5Lord my God,
no one can compare with you.
You have done many wonderful things.
You have planned to do these things for us.
There are too many of them
for me to talk about.
6You didn’t want sacrifices and offerings.
You didn’t require burnt offerings and sin offerings.
You opened my ears so that I could hear you and obey you.
7Then I said, “Here I am.
It is written about me in the book.
8My God, I have come to do what you want.
Your law is in my heart.”
9I have told the whole community of those who worship you.
I have told them what you have done to save me.
Lord, you know
that I haven’t kept quiet.
10I haven’t kept to myself that what you did for me was right.
I have spoken about how faithful you were when you saved me.
I haven’t hidden your love and your faithfulness
from the whole community.
11Lord, don’t hold back your mercy from me.
May your love and faithfulness always keep me safe.
12There are more troubles all around me than I can count.
My sins have caught up with me, and I can’t see any longer.
My sins are more than the hairs of my head.
I have lost all hope.
13Lord, please save me.
Lord, come quickly to help me.
14Let all those who are trying to kill me be put to shame.
Let them lose their way.
Let all those who want to destroy me
be turned back in shame.
15Some people make fun of me.
Let them be shocked when their plans fail.
16But let all those who seek you
be joyful and glad because of what you have done.
Let those who count on you to save them always say,
“The Lord is great!”
17But I am poor and needy.
May the Lord be concerned about me.
You are the God who helps me and saves me.
You are my God, so don’t wait any longer.
