Psalms 141
1 A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry to thee: make haste to me; give ear to my voice, when I cry to thee.
Psalmus David. Domine clamavi ad te, exaudi me: intende voci meæ, cum clamavero ad te.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo: elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum.
3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Pone Domine custodiam ori meo: et ostium circumstantiæ labiis meis.
4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Non declines cor meum in verba malitiæ, ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis. Cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem: et non communicabo cum electis eorum.
5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Corripiet me iustus in misericordia, et increpabit me: oleum autem peccatoris non impinguet caput meum. Quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum:
6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
absorpti sunt iuncti petræ iudices eorum. Audient verba mea quoniam potuerunt:
7 Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. (Sheol h7585)
sicut crassitudo terræ erupta est super terram. Dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum: (Sheol h7585)
8 But my eyes are to thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
quia ad te Domine, Domine oculi mei: in te speravi, non auferas animam meam.
9 Keep me from the traps which they have laid for me, and the snares of the workers of iniquity.
Custodi me a laqueo, quem statuerunt mihi: et a scandalis operantium iniquitatem.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape.
Cadent in retiaculo eius peccatores: singulariter sum ego donec transeam.
