Psalms 141
1 A psalm of David. Yahweh, I am crying out to you; come quickly to me. Listen to me when I call to you.
Psalmus David. Domine clamavi ad te, exaudi me: intende voci meae, cum clamavero ad te.
2 May my prayer be like incense before you; may my lifted hands be like the evening sacrifice.
Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo: elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum.
3 Yahweh, place a guard over my mouth; guard the door of my lips.
Pone Domine custodiam ori meo: et ostium circumstantiae labiis meis.
4 Do not let my heart desire any evil thing or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. May I not eat any of their delicacies.
Non declines cor meum in verba malitiae, ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis. Cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem: et non communicabo cum electis eorum.
5 Let a righteous man hit me; it will be a kindness to me. Let him correct me; it will be like oil on my head; may my head not refuse to accept it. But my prayer is always against their wicked deeds.
Corripiet me iustus in misericordia, et increpabit me: oleum autem peccatoris non impinguet caput meum. Quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum:
6 Their leaders will be thrown down from the top of cliffs; they will hear that my own words are pleasant.
absorpti sunt iuncti petrae iudices eorum. Audient verba mea quoniam potuerunt:
7 They will have to say, “As when one plows and breaks up the ground, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.” (Sheol h7585)
sicut crassitudo terrae erupta est super terram. Dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum: (Sheol h7585)
8 Surely my eyes are on you, Yahweh, Lord; in you I take refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
quia ad te Domine, Domine oculi mei: in te speravi, non auferas animam meam.
9 Protect me from the snares that they have laid for me, from the traps of evildoers.
Custodi me a laqueo, quem statuerunt mihi: et a scandalis operantium iniquitatem.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets while I escape.
Cadent in retiaculo eius peccatores: singulariter sum ego donec transeam.
