Nnwom 109
1 Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ no. Dawid dwom. Ao Onyankopɔn a mekamfo woɔ, mmua wʼano,
To the Chief Musician. David’s. A Melody. O God of my praise, do not be silent;
2 na amumuyɛfoɔ ne nkontompofoɔ atu wɔn ano agu me so; wɔde atorɔ tɛkrɛma akasa atia me.
For, the mouth of the lawless one and the mouth of the deceiver, against me, are open, They have spoken to me with false tongue;
3 Wɔde nitansɛm atwa me ho ahyia na wɔto hyɛ me so a menkaa wɔn.
And, with words of hatred, have they surrounded me, and have made war upon me without cause:
4 Wɔka nsɛm to me so de tua me nnamfoyɛ so ka, nanso meyɛ obi a ɔpɛ mpaeɛbɔ.
For my love, they have been accusing me, while, I, was at prayer:
5 Wɔde bɔne tua me papayɛ so ka, na wɔde ɔtan tua me nnamfoyɛ so ka.
Yea they have returned unto me—Evil for good; and, Hatred for my love.
6 Ma onipa bɔne bi nsɔre ntia no; na Satan nnyina ne nsa nifa so.
Set in charge over him, one who is lawless, and let, an accuser, stand at his right hand;
7 Wɔdi nʼasɛm a, ma ɔnni fɔ, na ne mpaeɛbɔ mmu no kumfɔ.
When he is judged, let him go out condemned, and let, his own petition, become a sin;
8 Ma ne nkwa nna nyɛ kakraa bi; na ɔfoforɔ nsi nʼanan mu sɛ ɔkandifoɔ.
Let his days become few, his overseership, let another take;
9 Ma ne mma nyɛ nwisiaa na ne yere nyɛ okunafoɔ.
Let his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow;
10 Ma ne mma nkyinkyini nsrɛsrɛ adeɛ; ma wɔmpam wɔn mfiri wɔn afie a abubuo no mu.
Let his children, wander about, and beg, Let them be driven out of their ruins;
11 Ma ɔdefirifoɔ bi mfa deɛ ɔwɔ nyinaa; na amanfrafoɔ mfom nʼadwuma so aba.
Let the creditor take aim at all that he hath, and let strangers prey on the fruit of his toil;
12 Mma obiara nhunu no mmɔbɔ Mma obiara nhunu ne nwisiaa nso mmɔbɔ.
Let him have no one to continue lovingkindness, and there be none to favour his fatherless children;
13 Ma nʼase nhye, na wɔn din nyera wɔ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ a ɛreba no mu.
Let his posterity be for cutting off, In another generation, let their name be wiped out;
14 Ma wɔnkae nʼagyanom nnebɔne wɔ Awurade anim; na ne maame bɔne no ntena hɔ daa.
Remembered be the iniquity of his fathers against Yahweh, and, the sin of his mother, let it not be wiped out;
15 Wɔn bɔne nyinaa nka Awurade anim, na wɔankae wɔn bio wɔ asase so.
Let them be before Yahweh continually, and let the memory of them, be cut off out of the earth.
16 Ɛfiri sɛ wannwene da sɛ ɔbɛyɛ adɔeɛ, na mmom ɔtaa ahiafoɔ mmɔborɔfoɔ ne wɔn a wɔn werɛ ahoɔ de kɔɔ owuo mu.
Because that he remembered not to show lovingkindness, but pursued the man that was oppressed and needy, that, the downhearted, he might slay.
17 Nʼani gyee sɛ ɔbɛdome enti nnome mmra ne so; wampɛ sɛ ɔbɛhyira enti nhyira mmɔ no.
Because he loved cursing, May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing, May it have kept far from him;
18 Ɔhyɛɛ nnome sɛ atadeɛ; ɛnonom kɔɔ ne onipadua mu sɛ nsuo, ne ne nnompe mu sɛ ngo.
Because he clothed himself in cursing as his outer garment, therefore may it have entered like water into his inward part, and like oil into his bones;
19 Ma ɛnyɛ sɛ atadeɛ a ɛkyekyere ne ho, ne abɔsoɔ a ɛbɔ no daa.
Be it his, as a garment he shall wrap round him, and for a girdle he shall, at all times, gird on:
20 Ma yei nyɛ Awurade akatua a ɔde ma me kwaadubɔfoɔ, wɔn a wɔka nsɛmmɔne fa me ho no.
This, be the reward of mine accusers, from Yahweh, even of them who are speaking wrongfully against my life.
21 Nanso, wo Ao Asafo Awurade, wo din enti, wo ne me nni no yie; firi wʼadɔeɛ mu gye me.
But, thou, Yahweh, Adonay, deal effectually with me, for the sake of thy Name, Since good is thy lovingkindness, O rescue me;
22 Ɛfiri sɛ meyɛ ohiani ne deɛ onnibie, na mʼakoma atɔ baha wɔ me mu.
For, oppressed and needy, I am, and, my heart, is wounded within me.
23 Metwam sɛ anwummerɛ sunsumma; wɔwoso me kyene sɛ ntutummɛ.
As a shadow when it stretcheth out, I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust;
24 Abuadadie ama me kotodwe mu agogo; mafɔn na ama aka me nnompe.
My knees, tremble from fasting, and, my flesh, faileth of fatness:
25 Mayɛ aseredeɛ ama wɔn a wɔbɔ me soboɔ; sɛ wohunu me a, wɔwoso wɔn ti.
So, I, am become a reproach for them, They see me, they shake their head.
26 Boa me, Ao Awurade me Onyankopɔn; gye me sɛdeɛ wʼadɔeɛ teɛ.
Help me! O Yahweh my God, Save me, according to thy lovingkindness:
27 Ma wɔnhunu sɛ ɛyɛ wo nsa, na wo na woayɛ, Ao Awurade.
That they may know that, Thine own hand, this is, Thou, Yahweh, hast done it.
28 Wɔbɛdome, nanso wobɛhyira; sɛ wɔto hyɛ me so a, wɔn anim bɛgu ase, nanso wo ɔsomfoɔ ani bɛgye.
They, may curse if, thou, wilt bless, —Mine assailants, shall be ashamed, but, thy servant, shall rejoice;
29 Animguaseɛ bɛdura mʼatamfoɔ ho; na akyekyere wɔn ho sɛ atadeɛ.
Mine accusers shall be clothed with confusion, and shall wrap about them, like a cloak, their own shame.
30 Mede mʼano bɛma Awurade so ayɛ no kɛseɛ; mɛkamfo no wɔ nnipadɔm mu.
I will thank Yahweh loudly with my mouth, Yea, in the midst of multitudes, will I praise him;
31 Ɛfiri sɛ, ɔgyina onnibie nsa nifa so sɛ ɔbɛgye no nkwa afiri wɔn a wɔbu no kumfɔ nsam.
Because he standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save, from them who would pass sentence on his life.
