Psalmus David. Domine, clamavi ad te: exaudi me; intende voci meæ, cum clamavero ad te.
I have cried to thee, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee.
Psalmi 140
Psalms 140
A prayer against sinful words, and deceitful flatterers.
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Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo; elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum.
Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.
Pone, Domine, custodiam ori meo, et ostium circumstantiæ labiis meis.
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips.
Non declines cor meum in verba malitiæ, ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis; cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem, et non communicabo cum electis eorum.
Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins. With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest of them.
Corripiet me justus in misericordia, et increpabit me: oleum autem peccatoris non impinguet caput meum. Quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum:
The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:
- Let not the oil of the sinner: That is, the flattery, or deceitful praise.
- For my prayer: So far from coveting their praises, who are never well pleased but with things that are evil; I shall continually pray to be preserved from such things as they are delighted with.
absorpti sunt juncti petræ judices eorum. Audient verba mea, quoniam potuerunt.
Their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed:
- Their judges: Their rulers, or chiefs, quickly vanish and perish, like ships dashed against the rocks, and swallowed up by the waves. Let them then hear my words, for they are powerful and will prevail; or, as it is in the Hebrew, for they are sweet.
Sicut crassitudo terræ erupta est super terram, dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum.
As when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: Our bones are scattered by the side of hell.
Quia ad te, Domine, Domine, oculi mei; in te speravi, non auferas animam meam.
But to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul.
Custodi me a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi, et a scandalis operantium iniquitatem.
Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.
Cadent in retiaculo ejus peccatores: singulariter sum ego, donec transeam.
The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass.
- I am alone: Singularly protected by the Almighty, until I pass all their nets and snares.