Nnwom 64
Nkwa Asem
Ogye ho mpaebɔ
64 Mewɔ ɔhaw mu, Onyankopɔn, na tie me mpaebɔ! Misuro m’atamfo; gye me nkwa. 2 Bɔ me ho ban fi amumɔyɛfo ne nnebɔneyɛfo dɔm nsam. 3 Wɔsew wɔn tɛkrɛma sɛ nkrante na wɔpɛ atirimɔden nsɛm te sɛ agyan. 4 Wɔnkyɛ atorosɛm a wɔn ani nwu ne ka ho. Wɔka nnipa pa ho nsɛm a enye de sopa wɔn. 5 Wɔhyɛ wɔn ho nkuran wɔ wɔn amumɔyɛ nneyɛe ho. Wodwen baabi a wobesum wɔn firi ho na wɔka se, “Obiara renhu wɔn.” 6 Wɔhyehyɛ amumɔyɛ ho ka se, “Bɔne nhyehyɛe a yɛayɛ yi ho nni asɛm.” Onipa koma ne n’adwene yɛ anwonwade.
7 Nanso Onyankopɔn tow n’agyan kyerɛ wɔn so, na prɛkopɛ, wopirapira. 8 Saa nsɛm no nti, ɔbɛsɛe wɔn. Wɔn a wohu wɔn nyinaa bɛwosow wɔn ti. 9 Wɔn nyinaa besuro. Wobedwen nea Onyankopɔn ayɛ ho na wɔaka dwuma a odi. 10 Atreneefo nyinaa ho bɛsɛpɛw wɔn wɔ nea Awurade ayɛ ho. Wobenya nkwagye wɔ ne mu na nnipa pa nyinaa bɛkamfo no.
Psalm 64
New International Version
Psalm 64[a]
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
2 Hide me from the conspiracy(C) of the wicked,(D)
from the plots of evildoers.
3 They sharpen their tongues like swords(E)
and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.(F)
4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent;(G)
they shoot suddenly, without fear.(H)
5 They encourage each other in evil plans,
they talk about hiding their snares;(I)
they say, “Who will see it[b]?”(J)
6 They plot injustice and say,
“We have devised a perfect plan!”
Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.
Footnotes
- Psalm 64:1 In Hebrew texts 64:1-10 is numbered 64:2-11.
- Psalm 64:5 Or us
Psalm 64
King James Version
64 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
10 The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
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