Psalmorum 141
1 Psalmus David. Domine clamavi ad te, exaudi me: intende voci meae, cum clamavero ad te.
“A psalm of David.” O Lord, I call thee, hasten unto me: give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.
2 Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo: elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum.
May my prayer be valued as incense before thee, the lifting up of my hands, as the evening offering.
3 Pone Domine custodiam ori meo: et ostium circumstantiae labiis meis.
Set, O Lord, a watch unto my mouth: keep a guard at the door of my lips.
4 Non declines cor meum in verba malitiae, ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis. Cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem: et non communicabo cum electis eorum.
Permit not my heart to incline after any evil thing, to practise deeds in wickedness with men that are doers of wrong: 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:
If the righteous strike me, it is a kindness; and if he reprove me, it is [as] oil poured on the head, my head shall not refuse it; for yet my prayer also [is offered] in their sufferings.
6 absorpti sunt iuncti petrae iudices eorum. Audient verba mea quoniam potuerunt:
Are their judges fallen down through means of a rock: then will they listen to my words; for they are pleasant.
7 sicut crassitudo terrae erupta est super terram. Dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum: (Sheol h7585)
As when one cutteth in and splitteth open the earth: so are our bones scattered for the mouth of the grave. (Sheol h7585)
8 quia ad te Domine, Domine oculi mei: in te speravi, non auferas animam meam.
For unto thee, O Eternal Lord, are my eyes directed; in thee do I trust: pour not out my life.
9 Custodi me a laqueo, quem statuerunt mihi: et a scandalis operantium iniquitatem.
Guard me from the power of the snare which they have laid for me, and the traps of the wrong-doers.
10 Cadent in retiaculo eius peccatores: singulariter sum ego donec transeam.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, altogether—while I pass safely by.
