Psalmorum 141

1 psalmus David Domine clamavi ad te exaudi me intende voci meae cum clamavero ad te

“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” I cry to thee, O LORD! make haste unto me! Give ear to my voice, when I cry unto thee!

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

Let my prayer come before thee as incense, And the lifting-up of my hands, as the evening sacrifice!

3 pone Domine custodiam ori meo et ostium circumstantiae labiis meis

Set a watch, O LORD! before my mouth; Guard 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

Let not my heart incline to any evil thing; Let me not practise wickedness with the doers of iniquity, And let me not eat of their delicacies!

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 the righteous smite me, —it shall be a kindness; Let him reprove me, and it shall be oil for my head; Let him do it again, and my head shall not refuse it; But now I pray against their wickedness!

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

When their judges are hurled over the side of the rock, They shall hear how pleasant are my words.

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

So are our bones scattered at the mouth of the underworld, As when one furroweth and ploweth up the land. (Sheol h7585)

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

But to thee do my eyes look, O Lord Jehovah! In thee is my trust; Let not my life be poured out!

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

Preserve me from the snares which they have laid for me, And from the nets of evil-doers!

10 cadent in retiaculo eius peccatores singulariter sum ego donec transeam

Let the wicked fall together into their own traps, Whilst I make my escape!