Psalmorum 141
1 Psalmus David. [Domine, clamavi ad te: exaudi me; intende voci meæ, cum clamavero ad te.
A psalm of David. Lord, I call to you: hasten, to me, attend to my voice, when I call to you.
2 Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo; elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum.
Let my prayer be presented as incense before you, and my uplifted hands as the evening meal-offering.
3 Pone, Domine, custodiam ori meo, et ostium circumstantiæ labiis meis.
Set, O Lord, a watch on my mouth, put a guard on the door of my lips.
4 Non declines cor meum in verba malitiæ, ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis; cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem, et non communicabo cum electis eorum.
Incline not my heart to an evil matter, to busy myself in deeds of wickedness, in company with workers of evil: never may I partake of their dainties.
5 Corripiet me justus in misericordia, et increpabit me: oleum autem peccatoris non impinguet caput meum. Quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum:
A wound or reproof from a good person in kindness is oil which my head shall never refuse. In their misfortune my prayer is still with them.
6 absorpti sunt juncti petræ judices eorum. Audient verba mea, quoniam potuerunt.
Abandoned they are to the hands of their judges: they shall learn that my words are true.
7 Sicut crassitudo terræ erupta est super terram, dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum. (Sheol h7585)
Like stones on a country road cleft and broken so lie our bones scattered for Death to devour. (Sheol h7585)
8 Quia ad te, Domine, Domine, oculi mei; in te speravi, non auferas animam meam.
But my eyes are turned towards you, O Lord. Do not pour out my life, for in you I take refuge.
9 Custodi me a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi, et a scandalis operantium iniquitatem.
Keep me safe from the trap they have laid for me, from the snares of the workers of trouble.
10 Cadent in retiaculo ejus peccatores: singulariter sum ego, donec transeam.]
Into their own nets let wicked people fall; while I pass by in safety.
