Psalmorum 141

1 Psalmus David. [Domine, clamavi ad te: exaudi me; intende voci meæ, cum clamavero ad te.

LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

2 Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo; elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

3 Pone, Domine, custodiam ori meo, et ostium circumstantiæ labiis meis.

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

4 Non declines cor meum in verba malitiæ, ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis; cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem, et non communicabo cum electis eorum.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

5 Corripiet me justus in misericordia, et increpabit me: oleum autem peccatoris non impinguet caput meum. Quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum:

Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

6 absorpti sunt juncti petræ judices eorum. Audient verba mea, quoniam potuerunt.

When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

7 Sicut crassitudo terræ erupta est super terram, dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum. (Sheol h7585)

Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. (Sheol h7585)

8 Quia ad te, Domine, Domine, oculi mei; in te speravi, non auferas animam meam.

But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

9 Custodi me a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi, et a scandalis operantium iniquitatem.

Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

10 Cadent in retiaculo ejus peccatores: singulariter sum ego, donec transeam.]

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.