Psalmorum 141
1 psalmus David Domine clamavi ad te exaudi me intende voci meae cum clamavero ad te
A psalm of David. Lord, I'm calling out to you! Please hurry up and help me! Please listen to me when I cry out to you!
2 dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum
May my prayer be like incense before you, my uplifted hands like an evening offering.
3 pone Domine custodiam ori meo et ostium circumstantiae labiis meis
Lord, make sure I don't say anything I shouldn't—keep a watch over my conversations.
4 non declines cor meum in verba malitiae ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem et non communicabo cum electis eorum
Don't let me think about evil things or take part in doing anything wrong with wicked people. I won't join in eating fancy food at their feasts.
5 corripiet me iustus in misericordia et increpabit me oleum autem peccatoris non inpinguet caput meum quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum
Let a good person punish me in love—let them correct me. It will be like an anointing—I won't refuse it. But I still pray against those who do evil.
6 absorti sunt iuncti petrae iudices eorum audient verba mea quoniam potuerunt
They shall be thrown down by the power of the rock that judges them, and then they will recognize what I said was true!
7 sicut crassitudo terrae erupta est super terram dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum (Sheol h7585)
Just as the earth is broken up by the plough, so shall their bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
8 quia ad te Domine Domine oculi mei in te speravi non auferas animam meam
But I'm looking to you, Lord God, for I find protection in you. Don't let me die!
9 custodi me a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi et ab scandalis operantium iniquitatem
Keep me safe from the traps they have set to catch me, from the snares of evil people.
10 cadent in retiaculo eius peccatores singulariter sum ego donec transeam
Let them fall into their own traps while I pass by unharmed.
