God told me to read Psalm 121 in Ga – Joe Mettle says as he reveals the inspiration behind “Ye Oboa mi”

Multiple award-winning gospel singer, Joseph Oscar Nii Armah Mettle, pupolarly known as Joe Mettle has revealed the inspiration behind his latest contemporary Ga gospel song titled “Ye Obua Mi.

Speaking on Xpressive on GHToday on Friday, June 11, monitored by GhanaPlus.com, he said God told him to read the scriptures derived from Psalm 121 in Ga some three years ago when he sought His face to come through for him in a situation.

“I think three years or so I ago I was just going through something and then I was trusting God for help, I was praying and during the prayer God just took to me to that scripture which Psalm 121 which speaks about me lifting my eyes to the hills and my help coming from God and all everything and after I finish the scripture, God says I should read it in Ga and I said I should read it in Ga s3n?”.

 He indicated the revelations he got from reading the scriptures in the Ga language inspired him to put it together in a song at the time but with no chorus until last year when God came through with the Ye Oboa mi during a time in his presence when COVID-19 emerged.

“And I think there were more revelations I got out of it and it helped me to learn, I mean I had to read a few other scriptures and it was very impressive the debt of the language compared to English,….. Ye Oboa mi then in English we say help me, the meaning even though we say is help me is deeper than help me. Is like take me out, deliver me from this, come through for me,” Joe Mettle said.

“I wrote the verse three years later I didn’t have chorus for it, the ye boa mi, it was last year during Covid when the more time spent with God and everything and then I got just the chorus Ye Oboa mi by prayer,” he added.

The gospel sensation said Ye Oboa mi’s meaning goes deeper than the help me it is  translated in the queen language and revealed he had held on to the song till this time because he felt it wasn’t time for it to be out there adding “I believe God was keeping it for such a time like this”.

He noted Ye Oboa mi was more of a cry to God for help, likening it to the situation encountered by Hannah in the temple while she was in need of a  child.

‘Ye Oboa mi’

“Ye Obua Mi”, a song declaring the Lord as our help was derived from Psalm 121;..”I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. indeed…”

The song, one of the single tracks on his upcoming album titled ‘The Experience’ has become a house hold name within a spate of one week that it was release.

The album is expected to be released on June 27 at the Experience Concert to be held in Accra.

The Experience

Speaking about the album, Joe Mettle described it as sensitive and dear to his heart because it throws light about his personal experiences and encounter with God.

“The experience is some of the stuff; I went through, some of the encounters during COVID and before COVID, it was in my intimate settings it was actually part of the reason why we decided  to record this in a very close setting and not with the usual light and because I was like this is sensitive to me and dear to my heart,” he said.

Source: GhanaPlus.com