Niku M. Ekom is a member of the Catholic Religious Order, the Society of Jesus. He studied at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, Berkeley, U.S.A, the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, Italy, the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy, and at Polis, Jerusalem, Israel. He taught Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew, and Old Testament at Hekima University College, Nairobi, Kenya. He is teaching Sacred Scripture at St. Gregory the Great Provincial Seminary, Parkoso, Kumasi, Ghana.

• General Introduction - Chapter One: Imprecations in the Old Testament: An Overview - Chapter Two: General Outline of Imprecatory Verses in the Psalms - Chapter Three: Imprecations with the Imagery of War: Ps 59 "Destroy them in your anger, destroy them till they are no more" (Ps 59:14) - Chapter Four: Imprecations with the Imagery of Hunting or Wildlife: Ps 69 "May their table before them be a trap, and let their security be a snare" (Ps 69:23) - Chapter Five: Imprecations with Courtroom Imagery: Ps 109 "May my adversaries be clothed with insult and wrap themselves as the robe of shame." (Ps 109:29) - Chapter Six: Synthesis: Theological Analysis, and Conclusion - General Conclusion