1 Ao Onyankopɔn, tie me mpaeɛbɔ,
2 tie me na gye me so.
3 wɔ deɛ mʼatamfoɔ reka
4 Mʼakoma wɔ ahoyera mu;
5 Ehu ne ahopopoɔ akyekyere me.
6 Mekaa sɛ, “Ao, sɛ mewɔ ntaban sɛ aburuburo a,
7 anka mɛtu akɔ akyirikyiri
8 anka mɛyɛ ntɛm akɔ mʼahintaeɛ,
9 Ao Awurade, ma amumuyɛfoɔ nyɛ basaa, na ma wɔn kasa ntoto,
10 Awia ne anadwo wɔtetɛ nʼafasuo ho;
11 Adesɛefoɔ dɔm reyɛ adwuma kuropɔn no mu.
12 Sɛ ɛyɛɛ ɔtamfoɔ na ɔresopa me a,
13 Nanso, ɛyɛ wo, ɔdasani te sɛ me,
14 a kane no na me ne no wɔ ayɔnkofa a emu yɛ den
15 Ma owuo mmɛfa mʼatamfoɔ mpofirim;
16 Nanso, mesu frɛ Onyankopɔn,
17 Anwummerɛ, anɔpa ne awia,
18 Ɔde ne ho bɔ afɔdeɛ ma me nya me tiri didim
19 Onyankopɔn a wɔasi no ɔhene afebɔɔ no,
20 Me yɔnko to hyɛ ne nnamfonom so;
21 Ɔwɔ tɛkrɛmawoɔ,
22 Fa wo haw to Awurade so
23 Nanso, wo, Ao Onyankopɔn, wobɛbrɛ amumuyɛfoɔ ase