Psalmorum 141

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

A Psalme of David. O Lord, I call vpon thee: haste thee vnto me: heare my voyce, when I cry vnto thee.

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

Let my prayer be directed in thy sight as incense, and the lifting vp of mine hands as an euening sacrifice.

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

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and keepe the doore 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 mine heart to euill, that I should commit wicked workes with men that worke iniquitie: and let me not eate of their delicates.

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: for that is a benefite: and let him reprooue me, and it shalbe a precious oyle, that shall not breake mine head: for within a while I shall euen pray in their miseries.

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

When their iudges shall be cast downe in stonie places, they shall heare my wordes, for they are sweete.

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

Our bones lye scattered at the graues mouth, as he that heweth wood or diggeth in the earth. (Sheol h7585)

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

But mine eyes looke vnto thee, O Lord God: in thee is my trust: leaue not my soule destitute.

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

Keepe me from the snare, which they haue layde for me, and from the grennes of the workers of iniquitie.

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

Let the wicked fall into his nettes together, whiles I escape.