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 have cried to you; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to you.

2 dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum

Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; the lifting up of my hands [as] an evening sacrifice.

3 pone Domine custodiam ori meo et ostium circumstantiae labiis meis

Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about by lips.

4 non declines cor meum in verba malitiae ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem et non communicabo cum electis eorum

Incline not my heart to evil things, to employ pretexts for sins, with me who work iniquity: and I will not. let me not unite with their choice ones.

5 corripiet me iustus in misericordia et increpabit me oleum autem peccatoris non inpinguet caput meum quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum

The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.

6 absorti sunt iuncti petrae iudices eorum audient verba mea quoniam potuerunt

Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.

7 sicut crassitudo terrae erupta est super terram dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum (Sheol h7585)

As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the [mouth of] the grave. (Sheol h7585)

8 quia ad te Domine Domine oculi mei in te speravi non auferas animam meam

For mine eyes are to you, O Lord God: I have hoped in you; take not away my life.

9 custodi me a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi et ab scandalis operantium iniquitatem

Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.

10 cadent in retiaculo eius peccatores singulariter sum ego donec transeam

Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.