1Ao Onyankopɔn, adɛn enti na woapo yɛn koraa yi?
2Kae nkurɔfoɔ a wotɔɔ wɔn teteete no,
3Dane wo ho kyerɛ mmubuiɛ a ɛda so wɔ hɔ yi so,
4Wʼatamfoɔ bobɔɔ mu wɔ baabi a wohyiaa yɛn no;
5Wɔyɛɛ wɔn sɛ nnipa a wɔrehwim mmonnua
6Wɔde wɔn mmonnua ne nname
7Wɔhyee wo kronkronbea no dwerɛbee;
8Wɔkaa wɔ wɔn akoma mu sɛ, “Yɛbɛtiatia wɔn so ayɛ wɔn pasaa!”
9Yɛnhunu wo nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a ɛyɛ nwanwa biara bio;
10Ao Onyankopɔn, wʼatamfoɔ bɛsere wo akɔsi da bɛn?
11Adɛn enti na woatwe wo nsa, wo nsa nifa no?
12Nanso, Ao Onyankopɔn, woyɛ me ɔhene firi tete;
13Ɛyɛ wo na wode wo tumi paee ɛpo mu no;
14Wopɛkyɛɛ Lewiatan no ti
15Wo na womaa nsuwa ne nsutire tueeɛ;
16Adekyeeɛ wɔ wo na adesaeɛ nso yɛ wo dea;
17Ɛyɛ wo na wototoo asase so ahyeɛ nyinaa;
18Ao Awurade*, kae sɛdeɛ ɔtamfoɔ no sere woɔ,
19Mfa wʼaborɔnoma nkwa mma nkekaboa;
20Ma wʼapam no ho nhia wo,
21Mma wɔn a wɔahyɛ wɔn soɔ no anim nngu ase;
22Ao Onyankopɔn, ma wo ho so na ka wo ara wʼasɛm;