Psalm 109
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1My God, whom I praise,
do not remain silent,
2for people who are wicked and deceitful
have opened their mouths against me;
they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
3With words of hatred they surround me;
they attack me without cause.
4In return for my friendship they accuse me,
but I am a man of prayer.
5They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my friendship.
6Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7When he is tried, let him be found guilty,
and may his prayers condemn him.
8May his days be few;
may another take his place of leadership.
9May his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.
10May his children be wandering beggars;
may they be driven109:10 Septuagint; Hebrew sought from their ruined homes.
11May a creditor seize all he has;
may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12May no one extend kindness to him
or take pity on his fatherless children.
13May his descendants be cut off,
their names blotted out from the next generation.
14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord;
may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15May their sins always remain before the Lord,
that he may blot out their name from the earth.
16For he never thought of doing a kindness,
but hounded to death the poor
and the needy and the brokenhearted.
17He loved to pronounce a curse—
may it come back on him.
He found no pleasure in blessing—
may it be far from him.
18He wore cursing as his garment;
it entered into his body like water,
into his bones like oil.
19May it be like a cloak wrapped about him,
like a belt tied forever around him.
20May this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil of me.
21But you, Sovereign Lord,
help me for your name’s sake;
out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
22For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is wounded within me.
23I fade away like an evening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.
24My knees give way from fasting;
my body is thin and gaunt.
25I am an object of scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they shake their heads.
26Help me, Lord my God;
save me according to your unfailing love.
27Let them know that it is your hand,
that you, Lord, have done it.
28While they curse, may you bless;
may those who attack me be put to shame,
but may your servant rejoice.
29May my accusers be clothed with disgrace
and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
30With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord;
in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.
31For he stands at the right hand of the needy,
to save their lives from those who would condemn them.
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.
