1 Awurade kae Dawid
2 Ɔkaa Awurade ntam,
3 “Merenhyɛn me fi
4 meremma nna mmfa me
5 kosi sɛ menya baabi ama Awurade,
6 Yɛtee wɔ Efrata,
7 “Momma yɛnkɔ nʼatenae;
8 ‘Awurade, sɔre bra wʼahomegyebea,
9 Ma trenee nyɛ sɛ ntade mma wʼasɔfo;
10 Wo somfo Dawid nti,
11 Awurade kaa ntam kyerɛɛ Dawid,
12 Sɛ wo mmabarima di mʼapam so
13 Awurade ayi Sion,
14 “Ɛha ne mʼahomegyebea daa nyinaa;
15 mede nneɛma pa bebree behyira no
16 Mede nkwagye befura nʼasɔfo,
17 “Mɛma obirɛmpɔn bi apue wɔ Dawid ahenni mu,
18 Mede aniwu befura nʼatamfo,