Psalmorum 141
1 psalmus David Domine clamavi ad te exaudi me intende voci meae cum clamavero ad te
A Psalm by David. LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen 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 set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
3 pone Domine custodiam ori meo et ostium circumstantiae labiis meis
Set a watch, LORD, 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
Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.
5 corripiet me iustus in misericordia et increpabit me oleum autem peccatoris non inpinguet caput meum quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum
Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
6 absorti sunt iuncti petrae iudices eorum audient verba mea quoniam potuerunt
Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
7 sicut crassitudo terrae erupta est super terram dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum (Sheol h7585)
“As when one ploughs and breaks up 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 my eyes are on you, LORD, the Lord. I take refuge in you. Don’t leave my soul destitute.
9 custodi me a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi et ab scandalis operantium iniquitatem
Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
10 cadent in retiaculo eius peccatores singulariter sum ego donec transeam
Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.
