Psalms 139
1 For the leader. Of David, a psalm. O Lord, you search and know me;
Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo. Dawid dwom. Awurade, woahwehwɛ me mu na woahu me.
2 when I sit, when I rise you know it, you perceive my thoughts from afar.
Wunim mʼasetena ne me sɔre; wufi akyirikyiri hu mʼadwene mu.
3 When I walk, when I lie you sift it, familiar with all my ways.
Wunim mʼadifi ne me nnae mu; wunim mʼakwan nyinaa mu.
4 There is not a word on my tongue, but see! Lord, you know it all.
Ansa na mebue mʼano akasa no Awurade, na wunim ne nyinaa dedaw.
5 Behind and before you beset me, upon me you lay your hand.
Woakata me ho nyinaa ahyia na wobɔ me ho ban.
6 It’s too wonderful for me to know too lofty I cannot attain it.
Saa nimdeɛ yi yɛ me nwonwa dodo, ɛkɔ soro dodo ma me sɛ medu ho.
7 Whither shall I go from your spirit? Or whither shall I flee from your face?
Ɛhe na metumi afi wo honhom anim akɔ? Ɛhe na metumi aguan afi wʼanim akɔ?
Sɛ meforo soro a, wowɔ hɔ. Na mekɔsɛw me kɛtɛ wɔ asaman a, wo ni. (Sheol h7585)
9 If I lift up the wings of the morning and fly to the end of the sea,
Sɛ mede adekyee ntaban tu na mekɔtena po akyi nohɔ a,
10 there also your hand would grasp me, and your right hand take hold of me.
mpo hɔ na wo nsa begya me akɔ, na wo nsa nifa beso me mu.
11 If I say, ‘Let the darkness cover me, and night be the light about me,’
Na meka se, “Ampa ara sum mmɛkata me so na hann nnan adesae ntwa me ho nhyia a,”
12 The dark is not dark for you, but night is as light as the day.
sum mpo nyɛ sum mma wo; na anadwo bɛhyerɛn sɛ awia; sum ne hann yɛ wo pɛ.
13 For you did put me together; in my mother’s womb you did weave me.
Na wo na wobɔɔ me honhom wonwen me wɔ me na awotwaa mu.
14 I give you praise for my fashioning so full of awe, so wonderful. Your works are wonderful. You knew me right well;
Mekamfo wo, efisɛ woyɛɛ me anwonwakwan so a ɛyɛ hu; wo nnwuma yɛ nwonwa. Minim ɛno yiye pa ara.
15 my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret, and woven in the depths of the earth.
Wɔamfa me bɔbea anhintaw wo bere a wɔyɛɛ me kokoa mu no; bere a wɔnwenee me wɔ asase bun mu no,
16 Your eyes saw all my days: they stood on your book every one written down, before they were fashioned, while none of them yet was mine.
wʼani huu me, bere a meyɛ mogyatɔw no. Nna dodow a woatwa ama me no, wɔakyerɛw ne nyinaa wɔ wo nhoma mu ansa na mu baako reba mu.
17 But how far, O God, beyond measure are your thoughts! How mighty their sum!
Onyankopɔn, wo nsusuwii som bo ma me! woka ne nyinaa bɔ mu a, ɛtrɛw dodo!
18 Should I count, they are more than the sand. When I wake, I am still with you.
Sɛ mise mɛkan a, ne dodow bɛboro mpoano nwea, sɛ minyan a, me ne wo wɔ hɔ ara.
19 Will you slay the wicked, O God? And remove from me the bloodthirsty,
Sɛ anka, Onyankopɔn, wubekunkum amumɔyɛfo ɛ! Mumfi me so, mo a moyɛ mogyapɛfo!
20 who maliciously defy you and take your name in vain.
Wɔde adwemmɔne ka wo ho asɛm; wʼatamfo mmmɔ wo din pa.
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord? Do I not loathe those who resist you?
Awurade, metan wɔn a wɔtan wo, na mikyi wɔn a wɔsɔre tia wo no ana?
22 With perfect hatred I hate them, I count them my enemies.
Minni hwee sɛ ɔtan a mewɔ ma wɔn; mefa wɔn sɛ mʼatamfo.
23 Search me, O God, know my heart: test me, and know my thoughts,
Hwehwɛ me mu, Onyankopɔn, na hu me koma; sɔ me hwɛ, na hu mʼadwene.
24 and see if guile be in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.
Hwɛ sɛ bɔne bi wɔ me mu a, na di mʼanim fa daa nkwa kwan so.
