Psalms 141
1 A Psalm of David. LORD, I have called upon thee; make haste unto me: give ear unto my voice, when I call unto 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 LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my tips.
Pone, Domine, custodiam ori meo, et ostium circumstantiæ labiis meis.
4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to be occupied in deeds of wickedness with men that 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 the righteous smite me, [it shall be] a kindness; and let him reprove me, [it shall be as] oil upon the head; let not my head refuse it: for even in their wickedness shall my prayer 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 As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth. (Sheol h7585)
Sicut crassitudo terræ erupta est super terram, dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum. (Sheol h7585)
8 For mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee do I put my trust; 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 gins 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, whilst that I withal escape.
Cadent in retiaculo ejus peccatores: singulariter sum ego, donec transeam.]
