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Nnwom 44
Nkwa Asem
Nnwom 44
Nkwa Asem
Ogye ho mpaebɔ
44 Yɛate wɔ yɛn ankasa yɛn asom, O Onyankopɔn. Yɛn nenanom aka ho asɛm akyerɛ yɛn; nneɛma akɛse a woyɛe wɔn bere so no nyinaa, wɔaka akyerɛ yɛn; saa tete mmere no: 2 sɛnea wopamoo abosonsomfo na wobɔɔ wo nkurɔfo atenase wɔ wɔn asase so no, sɛnea wotwee aman foforo aso, na womaa wo de nyaa nkɔso no. 3 Wo nkurɔfo amfa wɔn nkrante na edii asase no so. Ɛnyɛ wɔn tumi so na wɔnam dii so. Wo tumi ne w’ahoɔden, ɔka a wokae se wobɛba hɔ no na ɛdaa ɔdɔ a wodɔ wɔn no adi.
4 Woyɛ me hene ne me Nyankopɔn; wokyɛ wo nkurɔfo nkonimdi, 5 na yɛnam wo tumi so di yɛn atamfo so. 6 Memfa me ho nto m’agyan anaa me nkrante so sɛ ennye me nkwa. 7 Nanso woagye yɛn afi yɛn atamfo nsam adi wɔn a wɔtan yɛn so.
8 Yɛbɛkamfo wo daa na yɛada wo ase daa daa. 9 Nanso afei woatwe wo ho sɛ wonni yɛn so. Afei wo ne yɛn asraafodɔm no nkɔ bio. 10 Woama yɛaguan yɛn atamfo ama wɔafa yɛn agyapade. 11 Woama kwan ama wɔakum yɛn sɛ nguan. Wopetee yɛn amanfrafo nkurow so. 12 Wotɔn wo ara wo nkurɔfo aboɔmmerɛw sɛnea wɔn ho nni mfaso biara. 13 Yɛn afipamfo huu nea woyɛɛ yɛn, na wodii yɛn ho fɛw, serewee. 14 Woama yɛn anim agu ase wɔ aman anim. Wɔwosow wɔn ti de serew yɛn. 15 Daa na m’anim agu ase. Ahohora adura me 16 fi m’atamfo ne wɔn a wokyi me kasatia mu.
17 Eyinom nyinaa aba yɛn so, nanso yɛn werɛ mfi wo, na yemmuu apam a wo ne yɛn hyehyɛe no nso so. 18 Yennii wo huammɔ. Yemmuu wo mmara so. 19 Nanso wugyaa yɛn wɔ nkekaboa mu a mmoa biara mfi baabi. Wugyaa yɛn sum kabii mu. 20 Sɛ yegyaee yɛn Nyankopɔn som kɔsom anyame foforo bi a, 21 anka nea ɛbɛyɛ biara wubehu. Efisɛ, wunim yɛn nsusuwii. 22 Nanso wo nti na daa nyinaa wokum yɛn sɛ nguan no.
23 Keka wo ho, Awurade! Adɛn nti na woada? Sɔre! Nnyaw yɛn afebɔɔ saa! 24 Adɛn nti na wode wo ho ahintaw yɛn? Mma wo werɛ mmfi yɛn amanehunu ne yɛn haw! 25 Wɔapɛkyɛw yɛn wɔ fam. Yegu mfutuma mu a wodi yɛn so. 26 Bɛboa yɛn! Esiane ɔdɔ a wodɔ yɛn daa nti, gye yɛn nkwa.
Psalm 44
New International Version
Psalm 44
New International Version
Psalm 44[a]
For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.[b]
1 We have heard it with our ears,(A) O God;
our ancestors have told us(B)
what you did in their days,
in days long ago.(C)
2 With your hand you drove out(D) the nations
and planted(E) our ancestors;
you crushed(F) the peoples
and made our ancestors flourish.(G)
3 It was not by their sword(H) that they won the land,
nor did their arm bring them victory;
it was your right hand,(I) your arm,(J)
and the light(K) of your face, for you loved(L) them.
4 You are my King(M) and my God,(N)
who decrees[c] victories(O) for Jacob.
5 Through you we push back(P) our enemies;
through your name we trample(Q) our foes.
6 I put no trust in my bow,(R)
my sword does not bring me victory;
7 but you give us victory(S) over our enemies,
you put our adversaries to shame.(T)
8 In God we make our boast(U) all day long,(V)
and we will praise your name forever.[d](W)
9 But now you have rejected(X) and humbled us;(Y)
you no longer go out with our armies.(Z)
10 You made us retreat(AA) before the enemy,
and our adversaries have plundered(AB) us.
11 You gave us up to be devoured like sheep(AC)
and have scattered us among the nations.(AD)
12 You sold your people for a pittance,(AE)
gaining nothing from their sale.
13 You have made us a reproach(AF) to our neighbors,(AG)
the scorn(AH) and derision(AI) of those around us.
14 You have made us a byword(AJ) among the nations;
the peoples shake their heads(AK) at us.
15 I live in disgrace(AL) all day long,
and my face is covered with shame(AM)
16 at the taunts(AN) of those who reproach and revile(AO) me,
because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.(AP)
17 All this came upon us,
though we had not forgotten(AQ) you;
we had not been false to your covenant.
18 Our hearts had not turned(AR) back;
our feet had not strayed from your path.
19 But you crushed(AS) us and made us a haunt for jackals;(AT)
you covered us over with deep darkness.(AU)
20 If we had forgotten(AV) the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,(AW)
21 would not God have discovered it,
since he knows the secrets of the heart?(AX)
22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep(AY) to be slaughtered.(AZ)
Footnotes
- Psalm 44:1 In Hebrew texts 44:1-26 is numbered 44:2-27.
- Psalm 44:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 44:4 Septuagint, Aquila and Syriac; Hebrew King, O God; / command
- Psalm 44:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
Psalm 44
King James Version
Psalm 44
King James Version
44 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
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