Psalms 141

1 A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.

上主，我呼求您，請求速來救助我；上主，我呼求您，請您聽我的呼號。

2 May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.

願我向您的祈禱，像馨香上升；願我的手高舉，如同晚祭的高騰。

3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

上主，求您在我的口邊派守衛，求您在我的唇前派警備。

4 Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.

莫讓我的心傾向邪道，免得我再去犯罪作惡；莫讓我與惡人同作壞事，免得我嚐食他們的美味。

5 Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.

義人責打我，算是我的恩遇，他責斥我，是給我頭的傅油。我的頭也決不會加以抗拒，我仍然為迫害我的人祈求。

6 When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

當他們的首領被拋於巖石時，纔感覺到我的話是如何甘飴。

7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

他們的骨頭被棄置在陰府門旁，像人耕地掘田，將土塊任意拋放。 (Sheol h7585)

8 But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.

上主天主，我的雙目一直仰望你，我信賴你，不要將我的靈魂拋棄。

9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.

求你保護我免陷於他們為我設的網羅，求你使我能夠脫離為非作歹者的圈套。

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.

願惡人一起墮入自設的網羅，而我卻得以安然無恙地脫逃。