Salmi 141

1 Salmo di Davide. O Eterno io t’invoco; affrettati a rispondermi. Porgi l’orecchio alla mia voce quand’io grido a te.

Yahweh, I call out to you; [please] help me quickly! Listen to me when I am calling to you.

2 La mia preghiera stia nel tuo cospetto come l’incenso, l’elevazione delle mie mani come il sacrifizio della sera.

Accept my prayer as though it were incense [being burned as an offering] [SIM] to you. And accept me while I lift up my hands [to pray] to you like you accept sacrifices [that I offer to you each] evening [SIM].

3 O Eterno, poni una guardia dinanzi alla mia bocca, guarda l’uscio delle mie labbra.

Yahweh, do not allow me to say [MTY] things that are wrong; guard my lips.

4 Non inclinare il mio cuore ad alcuna cosa malvagia, per commettere azioni empie con gli operatori d’iniquità; e fa’ ch’io non mangi delle loro delizie.

Prevent me from wanting to do anything that is wrong, and from joining with wicked men when they want to do evil deeds [DOU]. Do not [even] allow me to share in eating delightful food with them!

5 Mi percuota pure il giusto; sarà un favore; mi riprenda pure; sarà come olio sul capo; il mio capo non lo rifiuterà; anzi malgrado la loro malvagità, continuerò a pregare.

It is all right if righteous people strike/hit me or rebuke me because they are trying to act kindly toward me [to teach me to do what is right], but I do not want wicked [people] to [honor me by] anointing my head with [olive] oil; I am always praying [that you will punish them because of] the wicked deeds [that they do].

6 I loro giudici saran precipitati per il fianco delle rocce, e si darà ascolto alle mie parole, perché sono piacevoli.

When their rulers are thrown down from the top of rocky cliffs, people will know that what you, Yahweh, said [about them] is true.

7 Come quando si ara e si rompe la terra, le nostre ossa sono sparse all’ingresso del soggiorno dei morti. (Sheol h7585)

Like a log that is split and cut into small pieces [SIM], their shattered bones will be scattered [on the ground] near [other] graves. (Sheol h7585)

8 Poiché a te son vòlti gli occhi miei, o Eterno, o Signore; in te mi rifugio, non abbandonare l’anima mia.

But Yahweh God, I [continue to] ask you [to help me]. I ask you to protect me; do not allow me to (die/be killed) [now]!

9 Guardami dal laccio che m’hanno teso, e dagli agguati degli operatori d’iniquità.

[It is as though] people have set traps for me; protect me from falling into those traps, [It is as though] they have spread nets to catch me; keep me from being caught in those nets.

10 Cadano gli empi nelle loro proprie reti, mentre io passerò oltre.

I desire that wicked [people] will fall into the traps they have set [to catch me] while I escape [from them].