Psalm 141 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] A prayer against sinful words, and deceitful flatterers.
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GR ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυιδ κύριε ἐκέκραξα πρὸς σέ εἰσάκουσόν μου πρόσχες τῇ φωνῇ τῆς δεήσεώς μου ἐν τῷ κεκραγέναι με πρὸς σέ
LA Domine, clamavi ad te: exaudi me; intende voci meæ, cum clamavero ad te.
EN I have cried to you, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to you.
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GR κατευθυνθήτω ἡ προσευχή μου ὡς θυμίαμα ἐνώπιόν σου ἔπαρσις τῶν χειρῶν μου θυσία ἑσπερινή
LA Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo; elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum.
EN Let my prayer be directed as incense in your sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.
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GR θοῦ κύριε φυλακὴν τῷ στόματί μου καὶ θύραν περιοχῆς περὶ τὰ χείλη μου
LA Pone, Domine, custodiam ori meo, et ostium circumstantiæ labiis meis.
EN Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips.
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GR μὴ ἐκκλίνῃς τὴν καρδίαν μου εἰς λόγους πονηρίας τοῦ προφασίζεσθαι προφάσεις ἐν ἁμαρτίαις σὺν ἀνθρώποις ἐργαζομένοις ἀνομίαν καὶ οὐ μὴ συνδυάσω μετὰ τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτῶν
LA Non declines cor meum in verba malitiæ, ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis; cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem, et non communicabo cum electis eorum.
EN 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.
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GR παιδεύσει με δίκαιος ἐν ἐλέει καὶ ἐλέγξει με ἔλαιον δὲ ἁμαρτωλοῦ μὴ λιπανάτω τὴν κεφαλήν μου ὅτι ἔτι καὶ ἡ προσευχή μου ἐν ταῖς εὐδοκίαις αὐτῶν
LA Corripiet me justus in misericordia, et increpabit me: oleum autem peccatoris non impinguet caput meum. Quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum:
EN 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:
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[!note]- Let not the oil of the sinner, etc…
That is, the flattery, or deceitful praise. – Ibid. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR κατεπόθησαν ἐχόμενα πέτρας οἱ κριταὶ αὐτῶν ἀκούσονται τὰ ῥήματά μου ὅτι ἡδύνθησαν
LA absorpti sunt juncti petræ judices eorum. Audient verba mea, quoniam potuerunt.
EN Their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed:
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GR ὡσεὶ πάχος γῆς διερράγη ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς διεσκορπίσθη τὰ ὀστᾶ ἡμῶν παρὰ τὸν ᾅδην
LA Sicut crassitudo terræ erupta est super terram, dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum.
EN As when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: Our bones are scattered by the side of hell.
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GR ὅτι πρὸς σέ κύριε κύριε οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου ἐπὶ σὲ ἤλπισα μὴ ἀντανέλῃς τὴν ψυχήν μου
LA Quia ad te, Domine, Domine, oculi mei; in te speravi, non auferas animam meam.
EN But to you, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in you have I put my trust, take not away my soul.
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GR φύλαξόν με ἀπὸ παγίδος ἧς συνεστήσαντό μοι καὶ ἀπὸ σκανδάλων τῶν ἐργαζομένων τὴν ἀνομίαν
LA Custodi me a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi, et a scandalis operantium iniquitatem.
EN Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.
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GR πεσοῦνται ἐν ἀμφιβλήστρῳ αὐτοῦ ἁμαρτωλοί κατὰ μόνας εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ἕως οὗ ἂν παρέλθω
LA Cadent in retiaculo ejus peccatores: singulariter sum ego, donec transeam.
EN The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass.
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[!note]- For my prayer, etc…
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. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Their judges, etc…
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. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- I am alone, etc…
Singularly protected by the Almighty, until I pass all their nets and snares. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
