Psalmorum 141
1 Psalmus David. Domine, clamavi ad te: exaudi me; intende voci meæ, cum clamavero ad te.
A Psalm, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear [to] my voice when I call to Thee.
2 Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo; elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum.
My prayer is prepared — incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands — the evening present.
3 Pone, Domine, custodiam ori meo, et ostium circumstantiæ labiis meis.
Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over 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 an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.
5 Corripiet me justus in misericordia, et increpabit me: oleum autem peccatoris non impinguet caput meum. Quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum:
The righteous doth beat me [in] kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer [is] about their vexations.
6 absorpti sunt juncti petræ judices eorum. Audient verba mea, quoniam potuerunt.
Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.
7 Sicut crassitudo terræ erupta est super terram, dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum. (Sheol h7585)
As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul. (Sheol h7585)
8 Quia ad te, Domine, Domine, oculi mei; in te speravi, non auferas animam meam.
But to Thee, O Jehovah, my Lord, [are] mine eyes, In Thee I have trusted, Make not bare my soul.
9 Custodi me a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi, et a scandalis operantium iniquitatem.
Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.
10 Cadent in retiaculo ejus peccatores: singulariter sum ego, donec transeam.
The wicked fall in their nets together, till I pass over!
