Salmenes 141
1 En salme av David. Herre, jeg kaller på dig, skynd dig til mig! Vend øret til min røst, nu jeg roper til dig!
Yahweh, I call out to you; [please] help me quickly! Listen to me when I am calling to you.
2 La min bønn gjelde som røkoffer for ditt åsyn, mine henders opløftelse som et aften-matoffer!
Accept my prayer as though it were incense [being burned as an offering] [SIM] to you. And accept me while I lift up my hands [to pray] to you like you accept sacrifices [that I offer to you each] evening [SIM].
3 Herre, sett vakt for min munn, vokt mine lebers dør!
Yahweh, do not allow me to say [MTY] things that are wrong; guard my lips.
4 Bøi ikke mitt hjerte til noget ondt, til å gjøre ugudelighets-gjerninger sammen med menn som gjør urett, og la mig ikke ete av deres fine retter!
Prevent me from wanting to do anything that is wrong, and from joining with wicked men when they want to do evil deeds [DOU]. Do not [even] allow me to share in eating delightful food with them!
5 La en rettferdig slå mig i kjærlighet og tukte mig! For sådan hodeolje vegre mitt hode sig ikke! Varer det enn ved, så setter jeg min bønn imot deres ondskap.
It is all right if righteous people strike/hit me or rebuke me because they are trying to act kindly toward me [to teach me to do what is right], but I do not want wicked [people] to [honor me by] anointing my head with [olive] oil; I am always praying [that you will punish them because of] the wicked deeds [that they do].
6 Deres dommere blir nedstyrtet og gitt klippen i vold, og selv forstår de at mine ord var liflige.
When their rulers are thrown down from the top of rocky cliffs, people will know that what you, Yahweh, said [about them] is true.
7 Som når en pløier og kløver jorden, således ligger våre ben spredt ved dødsrikets port. (Sheol h7585)
Like a log that is split and cut into small pieces [SIM], their shattered bones will be scattered [on the ground] near [other] graves. (Sheol h7585)
8 For til dig, Herre, Herre, ser mine øine, til dig tar jeg min tilflukt; utøs ikke min sjel!
But Yahweh God, I [continue to] ask you [to help me]. I ask you to protect me; do not allow me to (die/be killed) [now]!
9 Bevar mig for fellen som de har stilt op for mig, og for deres snarer som gjør urett!
[It is as though] people have set traps for me; protect me from falling into those traps, [It is as though] they have spread nets to catch me; keep me from being caught in those nets.
10 La de ugudelige falle i sine egne garn, mens jeg går uskadd forbi!
I desire that wicked [people] will fall into the traps they have set [to catch me] while I escape [from them].
