Psalmorum 141

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

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!

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

May my prayer be like incense before you, my uplifted hands like an evening offering.

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

Lord, make sure I don't say anything I shouldn't—keep a watch over my conversations.

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

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.

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

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.

6 absorpti sunt iuncti petræ iudices eorum. Audient verba mea quoniam potuerunt:

They shall be thrown down by the power of the rock that judges them, and then they will recognize what I said was true!

7 sicut crassitudo terræ erupta est super terram. Dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum: (Sheol h7585)

Just as the earth is broken up by the plough, so shall their bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

8 quia ad te Domine, Domine oculi mei: in te speravi, non auferas animam meam.

But I'm looking to you, Lord God, for I find protection in you. Don't let me die!

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

Keep me safe from the traps they have set to catch me, from the snares of evil people.

10 Cadent in retiaculo eius peccatores: singulariter sum ego donec transeam.

Let them fall into their own traps while I pass by unharmed.