Nnwom 144
Nkwa Asem
Ɔhene da Onyankopɔn ase nkonimdi ho
144 Kamfo Awurade, me hwɛfo! Ɔkyerɛkyerɛ me, siesie me ma ɔko. 2 Ɔyɛ me hwɛfo, me guankɔbea ne m’agyenkwa a mede me ho to ne so. Ɔbrɛ aman a wɔhyɛ m’ase no ase.
3 Awurade, dɛn ne onipa a wuhu no yi? Onipa teta a w’ani ku ne ho? 4 Ɔte sɛ mframa mu tutuw; ne nna te sɛ sunsuma a ɛretwam. 5 O Awurade, pae ɔsoro mu na sian bra fam. Fa wo nsa ka mmepɔw na ebefi wusiw. 6 Ma anyinam mpaapae na bɔ w’atamfo hwete; tow w’agyan na wonguan.
7 Fi soro sian. Yi me fi subon mu na gye me. Gye me fi ananafo tumi ase, 8 wɔn a wɔnka nokware na mpo wotwa atoro wɔ ntanka akyi no.
9 Mɛto dwom foforo ama wo, O Onyankopɔn; mɛbɔ sanku na mato dwom mama wo. 10 Ma ahene nni nkonim na gye wo somfo Dawid. 11 Gye me fi m’atamfo atirimɔdenfo nsam; gye me fi ananafo tumi ase; wɔn a wɔnka nokware na mpo wotwa atoro wɔ ntanka akyi no.
12 Ma yɛn mma mmarima nnyin wɔ wɔn mmabun mu sɛ afifide a enyin ahoɔden so no. Ma yɛn mma mma nyɛ sɛ ɔman adum a wɔde asiesie ahemfi twea so. 13 Ma yɛmfa afude nyinaa bi nhyɛ pata so ma. Ma yɛn nguan nwo mpempem. 14 Ma yɛn anantwi nwo bebree a wɔmpɔn na wɔn mu bi nso nyera. Mma osu ne awerɛhow mma yɛn aborɔn so. 15 Nhyira nka ɔman a ɛbɛba mu saa ama no. Nhyira nka nnipa a wɔn Nyankopɔn ne Awurade!
Psalm 144
New International Version
Psalm 144
Of David.
1 Praise be to the Lord my Rock,(A)
who trains my hands for war,
my fingers for battle.
2 He is my loving God and my fortress,(B)
my stronghold(C) and my deliverer,
my shield,(D) in whom I take refuge,
who subdues peoples[a](E) under me.
3 Lord, what are human beings(F) that you care for them,
mere mortals that you think of them?
4 They are like a breath;(G)
their days are like a fleeting shadow.(H)
5 Part your heavens,(I) Lord, and come down;(J)
touch the mountains, so that they smoke.(K)
6 Send forth lightning(L) and scatter(M) the enemy;
shoot your arrows(N) and rout them.
7 Reach down your hand from on high;(O)
deliver me and rescue me(P)
from the mighty waters,(Q)
from the hands of foreigners(R)
8 whose mouths are full of lies,(S)
whose right hands(T) are deceitful.(U)
9 I will sing a new song(V) to you, my God;
on the ten-stringed lyre(W) I will make music to you,
10 to the One who gives victory to kings,(X)
who delivers his servant David.(Y)
From the deadly sword(Z) 11 deliver me;
rescue me(AA) from the hands of foreigners(AB)
whose mouths are full of lies,(AC)
whose right hands are deceitful.(AD)
12 Then our sons in their youth
will be like well-nurtured plants,(AE)
and our daughters will be like pillars(AF)
carved to adorn a palace.
13 Our barns will be filled(AG)
with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields;
14 our oxen(AH) will draw heavy loads.[b]
There will be no breaching of walls,(AI)
no going into captivity,
no cry of distress in our streets.(AJ)
15 Blessed is the people(AK) of whom this is true;
blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.
Footnotes
- Psalm 144:2 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Jerome and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text subdues my people
- Psalm 144:14 Or our chieftains will be firmly established
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