Psalm 109
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1God, I praise you.
Don’t remain silent.
2Sinful people who lie and cheat have spoken against me.
They have used their tongues to tell lies about me.
3They gather all around me with their words of hatred.
They attack me without any reason.
4They bring charges against me,
even though I love them
and pray for them.
5They pay me back with evil for the good things I do.
They pay back my love with hatred.
6Appoint an evil person to take my enemies to court.
Let him stand at their right hand and bring charges against them.
7When they are tried, let them be found guilty.
May even their prayers judge them.
8May their days be few.
Let others take their places as leaders.
9May their children’s fathers die.
May their wives become widows.
10May their children be driven from their destroyed homes.
May they wander around like beggars.
11May everything those people own be taken away to pay for what they owe.
May strangers rob them of everything they’ve worked for.
12May no one be kind to them
or take pity on the children they leave behind.
13May their family line come to an end.
May their names be forgotten by those who live after them.
14May the Lord remember the evil things their fathers have done.
May he never erase the sins of their mothers.
15May the Lord never forget their sins.
Then he won’t let people remember the names of my enemies anymore.
16They never thought about doing anything kind.
Instead, they drove those who were poor and needy to their deaths.
They did the same thing to those whose hearts were broken.
17They loved to curse others.
May their curses come back on them.
They didn’t find any pleasure in giving anyone their blessing.
May no blessing ever come to them.
18They cursed others as easily as they put on clothes.
Cursing was as natural to them as getting a drink of water
or putting olive oil on their bodies.
19May their curses cover them like coats.
May their curses be wrapped around them like a belt forever.
20May that be the Lord’s way of paying back
those who bring charges against me.
May it happen to those who say
evil things about me.
21But Lord and King,
help me so that you bring honor to yourself.
Because your love is so good, save me.
22I am poor and needy.
My heart is wounded deep down inside me.
23I fade away like an evening shadow.
I’m like a locust that someone brushes off.
24My knees are weak because I’ve gone without food.
My body is very thin.
25Those who bring charges against me laugh at me.
When they see me, they shake their heads at me.
26Lord my God, help me.
Save me because of your faithful love.
27Lord, let my enemies know that you yourself have saved me.
You have done it with your own hand.
28They may curse me.
But may you bless me.
May those who attack me be put to shame.
But may I be filled with joy.
29May those who bring charges against me be clothed with dishonor.
May they be wrapped in shame as if it were a coat.
30With my mouth I will continually praise the Lord.
I will praise him when all his people gather for worship.
31He stands ready to help those who need it.
He saves them from those who are ready to sentence them to death.
Dwom 109
Dawid dwom.
1Ao Onyankopɔn a mekamfo woɔ,
mmua wʼano,
2na amumuyɛfoɔ ne nkontompofoɔ
atu wɔn ano agu me so;
wɔde atorɔ tɛkrɛma akasa atia me.
3Wɔde nitansɛm atwa me ho ahyia
na wɔto hyɛ me so a menkaa wɔn.
4Wɔka nsɛm to me so de tua me nnamfoyɛ so ka,
nanso meyɛ obi a ɔpɛ mpaeɛbɔ.
5Wɔde bɔne tua me papayɛ so ka,
na wɔde ɔtan tua me nnamfoyɛ so ka.
6Ma onipa bɔne bi nsɔre ntia no;
na Satan nnyina ne nsa nifa so.
7Wɔdi nʼasɛm a, ma ɔnni fɔ,
na ne mpaeɛbɔ mmu no kumfɔ.
8Ma ne nkwa nna nyɛ kakraa bi;
na ɔfoforɔ nsi nʼanan mu sɛ ɔkandifoɔ.
9Ma ne mma nyɛ nwisiaa
na ne yere nyɛ okunafoɔ.
10Ma ne mma nkyinkyini nsrɛsrɛ adeɛ;
ma wɔmpam wɔn mfiri wɔn afie a abubuo no mu.
11Ma ɔdefirifoɔ bi mfa deɛ ɔwɔ nyinaa;
na amanfrafoɔ mfom nʼadwuma so aba.
12Mma obiara nhunu no mmɔbɔ
Mma obiara nhunu ne nwisiaa nso mmɔbɔ.
13Ma nʼase nhye,
na wɔn din nyera wɔ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ a ɛreba no mu.
14Ma wɔnkae nʼagyanom nnebɔne wɔ Awurade anim;
na ne maame bɔne no ntena hɔ daa.
15Wɔn bɔne nyinaa nka Awurade anim,
na wɔankae wɔn bio wɔ asase so.
16Ɛfiri sɛ wannwene da sɛ ɔbɛyɛ adɔeɛ,
na mmom ɔtaa ahiafoɔ
mmɔborɔfoɔ ne wɔn a wɔn werɛ ahoɔ de kɔɔ owuo mu.
17Nʼani gyee sɛ ɔbɛdome
enti nnome mmra ne so;
wampɛ sɛ ɔbɛhyira
enti nhyira mmɔ no.
18Ɔhyɛɛ nnome sɛ atadeɛ;
ɛnonom kɔɔ ne onipadua mu sɛ nsuo,
ne ne nnompe mu sɛ ngo.
19Ma ɛnyɛ sɛ atadeɛ a ɛkyekyere ne ho,
ne abɔsoɔ a ɛbɔ no daa.
20Ma yei nyɛ Awurade akatua a ɔde ma me kwaadubɔfoɔ,
wɔn a wɔka nsɛmmɔne fa me ho no.
21Nanso, wo Ao Asafo Awurade,
wo din enti, wo ne me nni no yie;
firi wʼadɔeɛ mu gye me.
22Ɛfiri sɛ meyɛ ohiani ne deɛ onnibie,
na mʼakoma atɔ baha wɔ me mu.
23Metwam sɛ anwummerɛ sunsumma;
wɔwoso me kyene sɛ ntutummɛ.
24Abuadadie ama me kotodwe mu agogo;
mafɔn na ama aka me nnompe.
25Mayɛ aseredeɛ ama wɔn a wɔbɔ me soboɔ;
sɛ wohunu me a, wɔwoso wɔn ti.
26Boa me, Ao Awurade me Onyankopɔn;
gye me sɛdeɛ wʼadɔeɛ teɛ.
27Ma wɔnhunu sɛ ɛyɛ wo nsa,
na wo na woayɛ, Ao Awurade.
28Wɔbɛdome, nanso wobɛhyira;
sɛ wɔto hyɛ me so a, wɔn anim bɛgu ase,
nanso wo ɔsomfoɔ ani bɛgye.
29Animguaseɛ bɛdura mʼatamfoɔ ho;
na akyekyere wɔn ho sɛ atadeɛ.
30Mede mʼano bɛma Awurade so ayɛ no kɛseɛ;
mɛkamfo no wɔ nnipadɔm mu.
31Ɛfiri sɛ, ɔgyina onnibie nsa nifa so
sɛ ɔbɛgye no nkwa afiri wɔn a wɔbu no kumfɔ nsam.
