Psalmorum 141

1 Psalmus David. Domine clamavi ad te, exaudi me: intende voci meae, cum clamavero ad te.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah, I have called upon thee; make haste unto me: Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.

2 Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo: elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum.

Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

3 Pone Domine custodiam ori meo: et ostium circumstantiae labiis meis.

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

4 Non declines cor meum in verba malitiae, ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis. Cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem: et non communicabo cum electis eorum.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat 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:

Let the righteous smite me, [it shall be] a kindness; And let him reprove me, [it shall be as] oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.

6 absorpti sunt iuncti petrae iudices eorum. Audient verba mea quoniam potuerunt:

Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; And they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

7 sicut crassitudo terrae erupta est super terram. Dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum: (Sheol h7585)

As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

8 quia ad te Domine, Domine oculi mei: in te speravi, non auferas animam meam.

For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord: In thee do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute.

9 Custodi me a laqueo, quem statuerunt mihi: et a scandalis operantium iniquitatem.

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

10 Cadent in retiaculo eius peccatores: singulariter sum ego donec transeam.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape.