Psalms 141
1 Jehovah, I have called upon thee. Make haste to me. Give ear to my voice when I call to thee.
Psalmus David. Domine, clamavi ad te: exaudi me; intende voci meæ, cum clamavero ad te.
2 Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee, 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 Jehovah, 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 practice deeds of wickedness with men who 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 a righteous man smite me, as a kindness. And let him reprove me, as oil upon the head. Let not my head refuse it. For even in their wickedness my prayer shall continue.
Corripiet me justus in misericordia, et increpabit me: oleum autem peccatoris non impinguet caput meum. Quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum:
6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. And they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
absorpti sunt juncti petræ judices eorum. Audient verba mea, quoniam potuerunt.
7 Like plowing and furrowing the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
Sicut crassitudo terræ erupta est super terram, dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum. (Sheol h7585)
8 For my eyes are to thee, O Jehovah the Lord. In thee do I take refuge. Leave not my soul destitute.
Quia ad te, Domine, Domine, oculi mei; in te speravi, non auferas animam meam.
9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps 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 pass over.
Cadent in retiaculo ejus peccatores: singulariter sum ego, donec transeam.
