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Ɔman foforoyɛ mpaebɔ

80 Tie yɛn, O Israel guanhwɛfo; tie yɛn, wo nguan sohwɛfo panyin. Wo a wote w’ahengua a esi atakraboa ntaban so no, da wo ho adi kyerɛ Efraim, Benyamin ne Manase mmusuakuw no. Da w’ahoɔden adi; bra begye yɛn nkwa.

Fa yɛn san bra, O Onyankopɔn! Hu yɛn mmɔbɔ na yebenya nkwa. Wo bo befuw wo nkurɔfo mpaebɔ akosi bere bɛn, Otumfoɔ Awurade Nyankopɔn? Woama yɛn awerɛhow sɛ yenni ne nusu kuruwa kɛse ma sɛ yɛnnom. Ma aman a atwa yɛn ho ahyia no nko yɛn asase no so; yɛn atamfo kasa tia yɛn.

San fa yɛn bra, Otumfoɔ Nyankopɔn! Hu yɛn mmɔbɔ na wobegye yɛn nkwa. Wode bobe fi Misraim bae. Wopamoo aman foforo bi fii hɔ na wuduaa wɔ wɔn asase so. Wusiesiee baabi sɛnea ebenyin. Ne ntini no kɔɔ asase mu na ɛtrɛtrɛw asase no so nyinaa. 10 Ɛde ne nhwini kata nkoko so na n’abaa no kata sida nnua so. 11 N’abaa dennanee koduu ɛpo so kɔe ara koduu asu Efrata so. 12 Adɛn nti na wubuu ban a atwa ho ahyia no? Mprempren, obiara a ɔbɛfa hɔ no betumi awia n’aba no bi; 13 na kɔkɔte tiatia so na wuram mmom awe.

14 Otumfoɔ Nyankopɔn, dan w’ani hwɛ yɛn. Hwɛ yɛn fi soro hɔ; bra na begye wo nkurɔfo nkwa! 15 Begye bobe a wuduae na nkwa; saa bobe ketewa a woma enyin ahoɔden so no! 16 Yɛn atamfo ato mu gya atwa akyene; fa w’abufuw hwɛ wɔn na sɛe wɔn. 17 Hwɛ nnipa a woayi wɔn no so na bɔ wɔn ho ban; ɔman a wugyinaa no ahoɔden so no. 18 Yɛrennan yɛn ho mfi wo ho bio. Ma yɛn nkwa na yɛbɛkamfo wo.

19 Otumfoɔ Awurade Nyankopɔn, san fa yɛn bra. Hu yɛn mmɔbɔ na wobegye yɛn nkwa.

Psalm 80[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” Of Asaph. A psalm.

Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,
    you who lead Joseph like a flock.(A)
You who sit enthroned between the cherubim,(B)
    shine forth before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.(C)
Awaken(D) your might;
    come and save us.(E)

Restore(F) us,(G) O God;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.(H)

How long,(I) Lord God Almighty,
    will your anger smolder(J)
    against the prayers of your people?
You have fed them with the bread of tears;(K)
    you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.(L)
You have made us an object of derision[b] to our neighbors,
    and our enemies mock us.(M)

Restore us, God Almighty;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.(N)

You transplanted a vine(O) from Egypt;
    you drove out(P) the nations and planted(Q) it.
You cleared the ground for it,
    and it took root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shade,
    the mighty cedars with its branches.
11 Its branches reached as far as the Sea,[c]
    its shoots as far as the River.[d](R)

12 Why have you broken down its walls(S)
    so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
13 Boars from the forest ravage(T) it,
    and insects from the fields feed on it.
14 Return to us, God Almighty!
    Look down from heaven and see!(U)
Watch over this vine,
15     the root your right hand has planted,
    the son[e] you have raised up for yourself.

16 Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;(V)
    at your rebuke(W) your people perish.
17 Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,
    the son of man(X) you have raised up for yourself.
18 Then we will not turn away from you;
    revive(Y) us, and we will call on your name.

19 Restore us, Lord God Almighty;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 80:1 In Hebrew texts 80:1-19 is numbered 80:2-20.
  2. Psalm 80:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text contention
  3. Psalm 80:11 Probably the Mediterranean
  4. Psalm 80:11 That is, the Euphrates
  5. Psalm 80:15 Or branch