Psalmorum 141

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

Yhwh, 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 Yhwh, 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 iustus 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 iuncti petræ iudices 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 Yhwh 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 eius peccatores: singulariter sum ego donec transeam.

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