Psalm 139
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
2You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
5You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
7Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
12even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
13For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17How precious to me are your thoughts,139:17 Or How amazing are your thoughts concerning me God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you.
19If only you, God, would slay the wicked!
Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
20They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.
21Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord,
and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
22I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.
23Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
Dwom 139
Dawid dwom.
1Ao Awurade, woahwehwɛ me mu
na woahunu me.
2Wonim mʼasetena ne me sɔreɛ;
wofiri akyirikyiri hunu mʼadwene mu.
3Wonim mʼadifirie ne me nnaeɛ;
wonim mʼakwan nyinaa.
4Ansa na mɛbue mʼano akasa no
Ao Awurade, na wonim ne nyinaa dada.
5Woatwa me ho nyinaa ahyia
na wobɔ me ho ban.
6Saa nimdeɛ yi boro me nteaseɛ so,
ɛyɛ me nwanwa dodo.
7Ɛhe na mɛtumi afiri wo honhom anim akorɔ?
Ɛhe na mɛtumi adwane afiri wʼanim akorɔ?
8Sɛ meforo soro a, wowɔ hɔ.
Na mekɔsɛ me kɛtɛ wɔ asaman a, wo nie.
9Sɛ mede adekyeeɛ ntaban tu
na mekɔtena ɛpo akyi nohoa a,
10mpo ɛhɔ na wo nsa bɛgya me akɔ,
na wo nsa nifa bɛsɔ me mu.
11Na meka sɛ, “Ampa ara esum mmɛkata me so
na hann nnane adesaeɛ ntwa me ho nhyia a,”
12esum mpo nnyɛ sum mma wo;
na anadwo bɛhyerɛn sɛ awia;
esum ne hann yɛ wo pɛ.
13Na wo na wobɔɔ me honhom
wonwonoo me wɔ me maame awotwaa mu.
14Mekamfo wo, ɛfiri sɛ woyɛɛ me anwanwakwan so a ɛyɛ hu.
Wo nnwuma yɛ nwanwa.
Menim ɛno yie pa ara.
15Wɔamfa me bɔberɛ anhinta wo
ɛberɛ a wɔyɛɛ me kɔkoam no;
ɛberɛ a wɔnwonoo me asase yam no,
16wʼani hunuu me ɛberɛ a meyɛ mogya toa no.
Nna dodoɔ a woatwa ama me no,
wɔatwerɛ ne nyinaa wɔ wo nwoma mu
ansa na emu baako reba mu.
17Ao Onyankopɔn, wo nsusuiɛ som bo ma me!
Woka ne nyinaa bɔ mu a, ɛso dodo!
18Sɛ mese mɛkan a,
ne dodoɔ bɛboro mpoano anwea,
sɛ menyane a,
me ne wo wɔ hɔ ara.
19Ao Onyankopɔn, sɛ anka wobɛkumkum amumuyɛfoɔ a!
Momfiri me so, mo mogyapɛfoɔ!
20Wɔde adwemmɔne ka wo ho asɛm;
wʼatamfoɔ mmɔ wo din pa.
21Ao Awurade, metane wɔn a wɔtane wo,
na mekyiri wɔn a wɔsɔre tia woɔ.
22Menni hwee sɛ ɔtan a mewɔ ma wɔn;
mefa wɔn sɛ mʼatamfoɔ.
23Hwehwɛ me mu, Ao Onyankopɔn, na hunu mʼakoma;
sɔ me hwɛ na hunu mʼadwene.
24Hwɛ sɛ bɔne bi wɔ me mu a,
na fa me fa ɛkwan a ɛkɔ daa nkwa so.
