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Nnwom 38
Nkwa Asem
Nnwom 38
Nkwa Asem
Ɔmanehunufo mpaebɔ
38 O Awurade, ntwe m’aso wɔ w’abufuw mu! 2 Wode w’agyan apira me. Woabɔ me ahwe fam. 3 W’abufuw no nti mewɔ yaw a ano yɛ den mu. Me bɔne nti, ɔyare adidi me honam nyinaa. 4 Me bɔne reyiri fa me; ɛyɛ adesoa a emu yɛ me duru. 5 Esiane sɛ magyimi nti, m’akuru bɔn na ɛreporɔw. 6 Makotow ma wɔabubu me. Mitwa agyaadwo daa nyinaa. 7 Atiridii rekum me. Mereyɛ awu. 8 Mabrɛ a mapɛkyɛw koraa. Me koma redi yaw na yaw ama merepene.
9 O Awurade, wunim nea me kɔn dɔ. Wote m’apinisi nyinaa. 10 Me koma repere. M’ahoɔden asa na m’aniwa adum.
11 Me nnamfo ne m’afipamfo remmɛn me; m’akuru nti, m’abusuafo mpo twe wɔn ho fi me ho.
12 Wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wokum me no, sum me firi na wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wopira me no, hunahuna me; wonnyae sɛ wɔpɛ me bɔne da.
13 Mete sɛ ɔsotifo; mente asɛm. Mete sɛ mumu; mintumi nkasa. 14 Mete sɛ obi a ɔmma mmuae efisɛ, mente asɛm. 15 Nanso mede me ho to wo so, O Awurade; na wo, O Awurade me Nyankopɔn, wubebua me. 16 Mma m’atamfo ani nnye m’amanehunu ho. Mma wɔmmfa m’asehwe nhoahoa wɔn ho.
17 Mereyɛ ahwe ase enti mewɔ yaw mu daa. 18 Meka me bɔne. Ɛma me werɛ how. 19 M’atamfo wɔ apɔwmuden ne ahoɔden. Bebree wɔ hɔ a wɔtan me kwa. 20 Wɔn a wɔde bɔne tua papa ka no tia me efisɛ, mebɔ mmɔden sɛ mɛyɛ papa.
21 Nnyaw me, O Awurade. Nkɔ akyiri, O me Nyankopɔn! 22 Boa me mprempren, Awurade, m’agyenkwa.
Psalm 38
New International Version
Psalm 38
New International Version
Psalm 38[a]
A psalm of David. A petition.
1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.(A)
2 Your arrows(B) have pierced me,
and your hand has come down on me.
3 Because of your wrath there is no health(C) in my body;
there is no soundness in my bones(D) because of my sin.
4 My guilt has overwhelmed(E) me
like a burden too heavy to bear.(F)
5 My wounds(G) fester and are loathsome(H)
because of my sinful folly.(I)
6 I am bowed down(J) and brought very low;
all day long I go about mourning.(K)
7 My back is filled with searing pain;(L)
there is no health(M) in my body.
8 I am feeble and utterly crushed;(N)
I groan(O) in anguish of heart.(P)
9 All my longings(Q) lie open before you, Lord;
my sighing(R) is not hidden from you.
10 My heart pounds,(S) my strength fails(T) me;
even the light has gone from my eyes.(U)
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;(V)
my neighbors stay far away.
12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,(W)
those who would harm me talk of my ruin;(X)
all day long they scheme and lie.(Y)
13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,(Z)
like the mute, who cannot speak;
14 I have become like one who does not hear,
whose mouth can offer no reply.
15 Lord, I wait(AA) for you;
you will answer,(AB) Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Do not let them gloat(AC)
or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”(AD)
17 For I am about to fall,(AE)
and my pain(AF) is ever with me.
18 I confess my iniquity;(AG)
I am troubled by my sin.
19 Many have become my enemies(AH) without cause[b];
those who hate me(AI) without reason(AJ) are numerous.
20 Those who repay my good with evil(AK)
lodge accusations(AL) against me,
though I seek only to do what is good.
Footnotes
- Psalm 38:1 In Hebrew texts 38:1-22 is numbered 38:2-23.
- Psalm 38:19 One Dead Sea Scrolls manuscript; Masoretic Text my vigorous enemies
Psalm 38
King James Version
Psalm 38
King James Version
38 O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
21 Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
Nkwa Asem (NA-TWI)
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