Psalms 141
1 A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to thee; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, 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; the lifting up of my hands [as] an evening sacrifice.
Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo; elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum.
3 Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about by lips.
Pone, Domine, custodiam ori meo, et ostium circumstantiæ labiis meis.
4 Incline not my heart to evil things, to employ pretexts for sins, with me who work iniquity: and I will not. let me not unite with their choice ones.
Non declines cor meum in verba malitiæ, ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis; cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem, et non communicabo cum electis eorum.
5 The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.
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 mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
absorpti sunt juncti petræ judices eorum. Audient verba mea, quoniam potuerunt.
7 As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the [mouth of] the grave. (Sheol h7585)
Sicut crassitudo terræ erupta est super terram, dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum. (Sheol h7585)
8 For mine eyes are to thee, O Lord God: I have hoped in thee; take not away my life.
Quia ad te, Domine, Domine, oculi mei; in te speravi, non auferas animam meam.
9 Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.
Custodi me a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi, et a scandalis operantium iniquitatem.
10 Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.
Cadent in retiaculo ejus peccatores: singulariter sum ego, donec transeam.]
