[A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.] Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
12 But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
1[Ɔmanehunufoɔ Mpaeɛbɔ, ɛberɛ a nsɛm ahyɛ no so, na ɔhwie n'anwiinwii gu AWURADE anim.] Tie me mpaeɛbɔ, Ao AWURADE, na ma me sufrɛ mmra wo nkyɛn.Under pastoral review
2Mfa w'anim nhinta me me haw da mu; brɛ w'aso ase ma me: da a mefrɛ no, gye me so ntɛm.Under pastoral review
3Efisɛ me nna asɛe sɛ wisie, na me nnompe ahye sɛ bukyia.Under pastoral review
4M'akoma abɔ na akusa sɛ ɛserɛ; enti me werɛ afiri sɛ mɛdi m'aduane.Under pastoral review
5M'apinisie nne enti, me nnompe afam me were ho.Under pastoral review
6Mete sɛ ɛserɛ so pelikan: mete sɛ ɛserɛ so patu.Under pastoral review
7Mewɛn, na mete sɛ akasanoma a ɔno nko ara wɔ ɛdan atifi.Under pastoral review
8M'atamfoɔ yeyaw me da mu nyinaa; na wɔn a wɔn ani abere me no ka me ntam.Under pastoral review
9Efisɛ madi nsõ sɛ aduane, na mede nisuo afra me nsã,Under pastoral review
10W'abufuhyeɛ ne w'abufuo enti: efisɛ woama me so, na woato me ahwe fam.Under pastoral review
11Me nna te sɛ sunsuma a ɛtwam; na makusa sɛ ɛserɛ.Under pastoral review
12Nanso wo, Ao AWURADE, wobɛtena hɔ daa; na wo nkaeɛ kɔsi awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ nyinaa.Under pastoral review
13Wobɛsɔre, na woanya mmɔborɔhunu ama Sion: efisɛ berɛ a wobɛdom no aduru, aane, berɛ a wɔahyɛ no.Under pastoral review
14Efisɛ w'asomfoɔ ani gye n'aboɔ ho, na wɔdom ne mfuturo.Under pastoral review
15Enti amanaman bɛsuro AWURADE din, ne asase so ahene nyinaa w'animuonyam.Under pastoral review
16Ɛberɛ a AWURADE bɛkyekyere Sion no, ɔbɛyi ne ho adi n'animuonyam mu.Under pastoral review
17Ɔbɛtie ahiafoɔ mpaeɛbɔ, na ɔrembu wɔn mpaeɛbɔ animtiaa.Under pastoral review
18Wɔbɛtwerɛ yei ama awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ a ɛreba: na nkurɔfoɔ a wɔbɛbɔ wɔn no bɛkamfo AWURADE.Under pastoral review
19Efisɛ wahwɛ fam afiri ne kronkronbea sorɔnsorɔmmea; ɔsoro na AWURADE hwɛɛ asase;Under pastoral review
20Sɛ ɔbɛte nneduafoɔ apinisie; sɛ ɔbɛsane wɔn a wɔahyɛ wɔn owuo no.Under pastoral review
21Sɛ ɔbɛka AWURADE din wɔ Sion, ne n'ayɛyie wɔ Yerusalem;Under pastoral review
22Ɛberɛ a wɔbɛboaboa nkurɔfoɔ ano, ne ahennie, sɛ wɔnsom AWURADE.Under pastoral review
23Ɔmaa m'ahoɔden yɛɛ mmerɛ wɔ ɛkwan so; ɔtwaa me nna so.Under pastoral review
24Mekaa sɛ, Ao me Onyankopɔn, mfa me nkɔ me nna mfimfini: wo mfeɛ kɔ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ nyinaa mu.Under pastoral review
25Tete na wotoo asase fapem: na ɔsoro yɛ wo nsa ano nnwuma.Under pastoral review
26Wɔbɛsɛe, na wo deɛ, wobɛtena hɔ: aane, wɔn nyinaa bɛnyini sɛ ntadeɛ; wobɛsesa wɔn sɛ atadeɛ, na wɔbɛsesa:Under pastoral review
27Nanso wo deɛ, woyɛ deɛ ɔyɛ saa ara, na wo mfeɛ nni awieiɛ.Under pastoral review
28W'asomfoɔ mma bɛtena hɔ, na wɔn aba bɛtim w'anim.Under pastoral review