Psalmorum 140
1 in finem psalmus David eripe me Domine ab homine malo a viro iniquo eripe me
Yahweh, rescue/save me from [being attacked by] evil men; and [even more], (keep me safe/protect me) from being attacked by violent people.
2 qui cogitaverunt iniquitates in corde tota die constituebant proelia
They are always planning to do evil things and they are always inciting/urging people to start quarrels.
3 acuerunt linguam suam sicut serpentis venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum diapsalma
By what they say [MTY] [they injure people like] poisonous snakes do; the words that they speak [MTY] [can kill people as easily as] cobras/vipers do.
4 custodi me Domine de manu peccatoris ab hominibus iniquis eripe me qui cogitaverunt subplantare gressus meos
Yahweh, protect me from the power [MTY] of wicked [people]. Keep me safe from violent men who plan to destroy me [SYN].
5 absconderunt superbi laqueum mihi et funes extenderunt in laqueum iuxta iter scandalum posuerunt mihi diapsalma
[It is as though] proud people have set a trap for me; [it is as though] they have spread their nets to catch me; [it is as though] they have put those things along the road to catch/seize me.
6 dixi Domino Deus meus es tu exaudi Domine vocem deprecationis meae
I say to you, “Yahweh, you are my God;” [so] listen to me while I cry out to you to help me.
7 Domine Domine virtus salutis meae obumbrasti super caput meum in die belli
Yahweh, my Lord, you are the one who defends me strongly; you have [protected me] during battles [MET] [as though you had put a helmet on] my head.
8 non tradas Domine desiderio meo peccatori cogitaverunt contra me ne derelinquas me ne forte exaltentur diapsalma
Yahweh, do allow wicked [people] to do the things that they desire, and do not allow them to do the [evil things that] they plan to do.
9 caput circuitus eorum labor labiorum ipsorum operiet eos
[Do not allow] my enemies to (become proud/defeat me); cause the evil things that they say [MTY] they will do to me to happen to them, [instead].
10 cadent super eos carbones in igne deicies eos in miseriis non subsistent
Cause burning coals to fall on their [heads]! Cause them to be thrown into deep pits, from which they cannot climb out!
11 vir linguosus non dirigetur in terra virum iniustum mala capient in interitu
Do not allow those who slander others to succeed; cause evil things to happen to violent men and destroy them!
12 cognovi quia faciet Dominus iudicium inopis et vindictam pauperum
Yahweh, I know that you defend those who are oppressed, and that you do what is just/fair for those who are needy/poor.
13 verumtamen iusti confitebuntur nomini tuo habitabunt recti cum vultu tuo
Righteous [people] will surely thank you [MTY], and they will live (in your presence/with you).
