Psalms 141
1 A psalm of David. Lord, I'm calling out to you! Please hurry up and help me! Please listen to me when I cry out to you!
Psalmus David. [Domine, clamavi ad te: exaudi me; intende voci meæ, cum clamavero ad te.
2 May my prayer be like incense before you, my uplifted hands like an evening offering.
Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo; elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum.
3 Lord, make sure I don't say anything I shouldn't—keep a watch over my conversations.
Pone, Domine, custodiam ori meo, et ostium circumstantiæ labiis meis.
4 Don't let me think about evil things or take part in doing anything wrong with wicked people. I won't join in eating fancy food at their feasts.
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 good person punish me in love—let them correct me. It will be like an anointing—I won't refuse it. But I still pray against those who do evil.
Corripiet me justus in misericordia, et increpabit me: oleum autem peccatoris non impinguet caput meum. Quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum:
6 They shall be thrown down by the power of the rock that judges them, and then they will recognize what I said was true!
absorpti sunt juncti petræ judices eorum. Audient verba mea, quoniam potuerunt.
7 Just as the earth is broken up by the plough, so shall their bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
Sicut crassitudo terræ erupta est super terram, dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum. (Sheol h7585)
8 But I'm looking to you, Lord God, for I find protection in you. Don't let me die!
Quia ad te, Domine, Domine, oculi mei; in te speravi, non auferas animam meam.
9 Keep me safe from the traps they have set to catch me, from the snares of evil people.
Custodi me a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi, et a scandalis operantium iniquitatem.
10 Let them fall into their own traps while I pass by unharmed.
Cadent in retiaculo ejus peccatores: singulariter sum ego, donec transeam.]
