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 iustus 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 iuncti petræ iudices 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 eius peccatores: singulariter sum ego donec transeam.
Into their own nets let wicked people fall; while I pass by in safety.
