Psalms 141
1 `The salm `of Dauith. Lord, Y criede to thee, here thou me; yyue thou tent to my vois, whanne Y schal crye to thee.
A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to thee; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee.
2 Mi preier be dressid as encense in thi siyt; the reisyng of myn hondis be as the euentid sacrifice.
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; the lifting up of my hands [as] an evening sacrifice.
3 Lord, sette thou a keping to my mouth; and a dore of stonding aboute to my lippis.
Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about by lips.
4 Bowe thou not myn herte in to wordis of malice; to excuse excusingis in synne. With men worchinge wickidnesse; and Y schal not comyne with the chosun men of hem.
Incline not my heart to evil things, to employ pretexts for sins, with me who work iniquity: and I will not. let me not unite with their choice ones.
5 A iust man schal repreue me in mersi, and schal blame me; but the oile of a synner make not fat myn heed. For whi and yit my preier is in the wel plesaunt thingis of hem;
The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.
6 for the domesmen of hem ioyned to the stoon weren sopun vp. Here thei my wordis,
Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
7 for tho weren myyti. As fatnesse is brokun out on the erthe; oure bonys ben scatered niy helle. Lord, Lord, (Sheol h7585)
As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the [mouth of] the grave. (Sheol h7585)
8 for myn iyen ben to thee, Y hopide in thee; take thou not awei my soule.
For mine eyes are to thee, O Lord God: I have hoped in thee; take not away my life.
9 Kepe thou me fro the snare which thei ordeyneden to me; and fro the sclaundris of hem that worchen wickidnesse. Synneris schulen falle in the nett therof;
Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.
10 Y am aloone til Y passe.
Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.
