Psalmorum 141
1 Psalmus David. Domine clamavi ad te, exaudi me: intende voci meæ, cum clamavero ad te.
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.
2 Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo: elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum.
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; the lifting up of my hands [as] an evening sacrifice.
3 Pone Domine custodiam ori meo: et ostium circumstantiæ labiis meis.
Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about by 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 evil things, to employ pretexts for sins, with me who work iniquity: and I will not. let me not unite with their choice ones.
5 Corripiet me iustus in misericordia, et increpabit me: oleum autem peccatoris non impinguet caput meum. Quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum:
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.
6 absorpti sunt iuncti petræ iudices eorum. Audient verba mea quoniam potuerunt:
Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: 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)
As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the [mouth of] the grave. (Sheol h7585)
8 quia ad te Domine, Domine oculi mei: in te speravi, non auferas animam meam.
For mine eyes are to thee, O Lord God: I have hoped in thee; take not away my life.
9 Custodi me a laqueo, quem statuerunt mihi: et a scandalis operantium iniquitatem.
Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.
10 Cadent in retiaculo eius peccatores: singulariter sum ego donec transeam.
Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.
