I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
64 Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
1Mene ɔbarima a wahunu amanehunu wɔ n'abufuo abaa ano.Under pastoral review
2Wadi m'anim, na ɔde me aba esum mu, na ɛnyɛ hann mu.Under pastoral review
3Nokorɛm, wadane atia me; ɔdane ne nsa tia me da mu nyinaa.Under pastoral review
4Wama me honam ne me wedeɛ aben; wabubu me nnompe.Under pastoral review
5Wasi atia me, na ɔde bɔnwoma ne ɔbrɛ atwa me ho ahyia.Under pastoral review
6Wade me asi mmeaeɛ a esum wɔ, sɛ wɔn a wɔawuwu tete no.Under pastoral review
7Waban me ho ahyia, na merentumi mfiri adi: wama me nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn ayɛ duru.Under pastoral review
8Bio, ɛberɛ a mesu na meteam no, ɔsi me mpaebɔ ano kwan.Under pastoral review
9Ɔde aboɔ a wɔatwa asi m'akwan ano, wama m'akwan akyea.Under pastoral review
10Ɔyɛɛ me sɛ sisi a ɔtɛ, ne sɛ gyata a ɔwɔ ahintaeɛ.Under pastoral review
11Wadane m'akwan, na watete me mu: wama mayɛ amamfo.Under pastoral review
12Wakuntun ne tadua, na wade me asi hɔ sɛ agyan agyiraeɛ.Under pastoral review
13Wama ne bɔha mu agyan ahyɛn m'asaabo mu.Under pastoral review
14Meyɛɛ fɛdie maa me nkurɔfoɔ nyinaa; na meyɛ wɔn dwom da mu nyinaa.Under pastoral review
15Wama nwononwono ahyɛ me ma, wama nwene abow me.Under pastoral review
16Wabubu me se nso wɔ mmosea mu, wama nsõ akata me so.Under pastoral review
17Na woayi me kra afiri asomdwoeɛ ho akyiri: me werɛ afiri yiedie.Under pastoral review
18Na mekaa sɛ, M'ahoɔden ne m'anidasoɔ ayera afiri AWURADE hɔ:Under pastoral review
19Kae m'amanehunu ne m'ahohia, nwene ne bɔnwoma no.Under pastoral review
20Me kra da so kae wɔn, na abrɛ ase wɔ me mu.Under pastoral review
21Yei na mesane de ba m'adwene mu, ɛno enti mewɔ anidasoɔ.Under pastoral review
22Ɛyɛ AWURADE mmɔborɔhunu enti na wɔansɛe yɛn, ɛfiri sɛ n'ayamhyehyeɛ nyɛ hunu.Under pastoral review
23Ɛyɛ foforɔ anɔpa biara: wo nokorɛdie so.Under pastoral review
24AWURADE ne me kyɛfa, me kra na ɔseɛ; ɛno enti mede m'anidasoɔ bɛto no so.Under pastoral review
25AWURADE yɛ wɔn a wɔtwɛn no papa, ne ɔkra a ɔhwehwɛ no.Under pastoral review
26Ɛyɛ papa sɛ onipa bɛnya anidasoɔ na watwɛn AWURADE nkwagyeɛ no komm.Under pastoral review
27Ɛyɛ papa ma onipa sɛ ɔsoa kɔnnua wɔ ne mmerantebrɛ mu.Under pastoral review
28Ɔte ase ne nko na ɔyɛ komm, ɛfiri sɛ wasoa ato ne so.Under pastoral review
29Ɔde n'ano si mfuturo mu; sɛ ebia anidasoɔ wɔ hɔ.Under pastoral review
30Ɔde n'afono ma deɛ ɔbɔ no: animtiabuo ahyɛ no ma.Under pastoral review
31Ɛfiri sɛ Awurade rento nkyene daa:Under pastoral review
32Nanso ɛwom sɛ ɔma awerɛhoɔ ba deɛ, nanso ɔbɛhunu mmɔbɔ sɛdeɛ ne mmɔborɔhunu dodoɔ teɛ.Under pastoral review
33Ɛfiri sɛ ɔmpɛ mu mma amane nto nnipa mma so, na ɔmma wɔn werɛ nnho.Under pastoral review
34Sɛ wɔbɛbubu asase so nneduafoɔ nyinaa ase wɔ ne nan ase,Under pastoral review
35Sɛ wɔbɛdane onipa atɛntenenee afiri Ɔsorosoroni anim,Under pastoral review
36Sɛ wɔbɛsɛe onipa n'asɛm mu, Awurade deɛ, ɔmpene so.Under pastoral review
37Hwan ne deɛ ɔka, na ɛba mu, ɛberɛ a Awurade anhyɛ?Under pastoral review
38Ɛnyɛ Ɔsorosoroni anom na bɔne ne papa firi ba anaa?Under pastoral review
39Adɛn enti na onipa a ɔte ase nwiinwii, onipa ne bɔne asotwe enti?Under pastoral review
40Momma yɛnhwehwɛ na yɛnsɔ yɛn akwan nhwɛ, na yɛnsane nkɔ AWURADE nkyɛn.Under pastoral review
41Momma yɛmma yɛn akoma ne yɛn nsa so nkɔ Onyankopɔn a ɔwɔ ɔsoro no nkyɛn.Under pastoral review
42Yɛato mmara so na yɛate so atua: woamfa ankyɛ.Under pastoral review
43Wode abufuo akata so, na wataa yɛn: woakum, woanhunu mmɔbɔ.Under pastoral review
44Wode omununkum akata wo ho, na yɛn mpaebɔ antumi antwa mu.Under pastoral review
45Woayɛ yɛn sɛ nwira ne nneɛma a wɔto gu wɔ nkurɔfoɔ mu.Under pastoral review
46Yɛn atamfoɔ nyinaa abue wɔn ano atia yɛn.Under pastoral review
47Ehu ne afidie aba yɛn so, amamfo ne ɔsɛeɛ.Under pastoral review
48M'ani taataa nsuo nsubɔnten me nkurɔfoɔ babaa sɛeɛ enti.Under pastoral review
49M'ani taataa, na ɛnnyae, a ahomegyeɛ biara nni mu,Under pastoral review
50Kɔsi sɛ AWURADE bɛhwɛ fam, na wahunu afiri ɔsoro.Under pastoral review
51M'ani ka m'akoma me kuropɔn mmammaa nyinaa enti.Under pastoral review
52M'atamfoɔ taa me denden sɛ anomaa, kwa.Under pastoral review
53Wɔatwa me nkwa ato wɔ amena mu, na wɔato ɔboɔ agu me so.Under pastoral review
54Nsuo sene faa me tiri so; afei mekaa sɛ, Wɔatwa me ato.Under pastoral review
55Mefrɛɛ wo din, Ao AWURADE, firii amena a ɛdɔ mu.Under pastoral review
56Woate me nne: mfa w'aso nhinta wɔ m'ahome, ne me su ho.Under pastoral review
57Wobɛn me da a mefrɛɛ wo no: wokaa sɛ, Nsuro.Under pastoral review
58Ao Awurade, woadi me kra asɛm ama me; woagye me nkwa.Under pastoral review
59Ao AWURADE, woahunu bɔne a wɔayɛ me: bu m'asɛm atɛn.Under pastoral review
60Woahunu wɔn aweretɔ nyinaa ne wɔn nsusuiɛ nyinaa a etia me.Under pastoral review
61Woate wɔn animtiabuo, Ao AWURADE, ne wɔn nsusuiɛ nyinaa a etia me;Under pastoral review
62Wɔn a wɔsɔre tiaa me no ano, ne wɔn pɔ a wɔbɔ tia me da mu nyinaa.Under pastoral review
63Hwɛ wɔn tenaberɛ, ne wɔn sɔreberɛ; meyɛ wɔn nnwom.Under pastoral review
64Tua wɔn ka, Ao AWURADE, sɛdeɛ wɔn nsa ano adwuma teɛ.Under pastoral review
65Fa akoma mu awerɛhoɔ ma wɔn, wo nnome nka wɔn.Under pastoral review
66Taa wɔn na sɛe wɔn abufuo mu firi AWURADE ɔsoro ase.Under pastoral review