Dwom 64
Dawid dwom.
1Ao Onyankopɔn, tie me ɛberɛ a mereka me haw;
bɔ me ɔkra ho ban firi ɔtamfoɔ ahunahuna ho.
2Fa me sie firi amumuyɛfoɔ agyinatuo ho,
ne nnebɔneyɛfoɔ dodoɔ no gyegyeegyeyɛ ho.
3Wɔse wɔn tɛkrɛma sɛ akofena
na wɔse wɔn ano sɛ mmɛmma kɔdiawuo.
4Wɔfiri atɛeɛ mu, to bɔ onipa a ne ho nni asɛm;
wɔto bɔ no mpofirim a wɔnsuro.
5Wɔhyehyɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho nkuran wɔ wɔn amumuyɛ nneyɛeɛ ho,
wɔka sɛdeɛ wɔbɛsum afidie;
wɔka sɛ, “Hwan na ɔbɛhunu yɛn?”
6Wɔbɔ atɛnkyea ho pɔ na wɔka sɛ,
“Yɛayɛ nhyehyɛeɛ a ɛyɛ pɛ!”
Ampa ara onipa akoma ne nʼadwene yɛ anifire.
7Nanso, Onyankopɔn bɛto bɛmma awɔ wɔn;
na wɔbɛhwe fam prɛko pɛ.
8Ɔbɛdane wɔn ankasa tɛkrɛma atia wɔn
na ɔde wɔn aba ɔsɛeɛ mu;
na wɔn a wɔbɛhunu wɔn nyinaa bɛbɔ wɔn tiri nko wɔ animtiabuo so.
9Adasamma nyinaa bɛsuro;
wɔbɛpae mu aka Onyankopɔn nnwuma
na wɔasusu deɛ wayɛ ho.
10Ma teneneefoɔ nni ahurisie wɔ Awurade mu
na wɔmpɛ hintabea wɔ ne mu;
ma wɔn a wɔn akoma mu teɛ nyinaa nyi no ayɛ!
Psalm 64
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1God, hear me as I tell you my problem.
Don’t let my enemies kill me.
2Hide me from evil people who talk about how to harm me.
Hide me from those people who are planning to do evil.
3They make their tongues like sharp swords.
They aim their mean words like deadly arrows.
4They shoot from their hiding places at people who aren’t guilty.
They shoot quickly and aren’t afraid of being caught.
5They help one another make evil plans.
They talk about hiding their traps.
They say, “Who can see what we are doing?”
6They make plans to do what is evil.
They say, “We have thought up a perfect plan!”
The hearts and minds of people are so clever!
7But God will shoot my enemies with his arrows.
He will suddenly strike them down.
8He will turn their own words against them.
He will destroy them.
All those who see them will shake their heads
and look down on them.
9All people will respect God.
They will tell about his works.
They will think about what he has done.
10Godly people will be full of joy because of what the Lord has done.
They will go to him for safety.
All those whose hearts are honest will be proud of what he has done.
