Psalmus 140
Psalm 140
Psalm 140
Salmo 140
Псалом 140
1 Psalmus David.
Domine, clamavi ad te : exaudi me ; intende voci meæ, cum clamavero ad te.
Lord, I cry to you answer me; consider my voice when I call to you.
2 Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo ; elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum.
Let it be directed||||incense||||lifting||||evening sacrifice
2 Let my prayer as incense before you; up of my evening.
3 Pone, Domine, custodiam ori meo, et ostium circumstantiæ labiis meis.
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3 O Lord, keep my mouth shut, the door of my lips.
4 Non declines cor meum in verba malitiæ, ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis ; cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem, et non communicabo cum electis eorum.
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4 Incline my heart to evil words for engaging in; With men that work iniquity, and I will not communicate with the choicest of them.
5 Corripiet me justus in misericordia, et increpabit me : oleum autem peccatoris non impinguet caput meum.
the just one||||||will rebuke||oil||||anoint||
5 correct me in kindness, and cords for the oil of the sinner fatten my head.
Quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum : 6 absorpti sunt juncti petræ judices eorum.
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My prayer is still pleased: 6 have been swallowed my God.
Audient verba mea, quoniam potuerunt.
Hear the words, because he failed.
7 Sicut crassitudo terræ erupta est super terram, dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum.
|thickness||erupted||||scattered||||beside|
7 The earth has erupted over the earth, our bones are scattered at the grave.
8 Quia ad te, Domine, Domine, oculi mei ; in te speravi, non auferas animam meam.
8 Because you, Lord, Lord, my eye; in thee I put my trust, take not away my soul.
9 Custodi me a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi, et a scandalis operantium iniquitatem.
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9 Keep me from the snare which they have, and from the snares of evildoers.
10 Cadent in retiaculo ejus peccatores : singulariter sum ego, donec transeam.
||net|||especially||||I pass
10 fall in his net: I am alone until I pass.