¹Psalmus David.A Psalm of David.Domine,O Lord,clamavi ad te:I have cried out to you,exaudi me;hear me.intende voci meæ,Attend to my voice,cum clamavero ad te.when I cry out to you.

¹Psalmus David.A Psalm of David.Domine,O Lord,clamavi ad te:I have cried out to you,exaudi me;hear me.intende voci meæ,Attend to my voice,cum clamavero ad te.when I cry out to you.

²Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo;Let my prayer be guided like incense in your sight:elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum.the lifting up of my hands, like the evening sacrifice.

²Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo;Let my prayer be guided like incense in your sight:elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum.the lifting up of my hands, like the evening sacrifice.

³Pone,O Lord,Domine, custodiam ori meo, et ostium circumstantiæ labiis meis.station a guard over my mouth and a door enclosing my lips.

³Pone,O Lord,Domine, custodiam ori meo, et ostium circumstantiæ labiis meis.station a guard over my mouth and a door enclosing my lips.

⁴Non declines cor meum in verba malitiæ, ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis;Do not turn aside my heart to words of malice, to making excuses for sins,cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem,with men who work iniquity; and I will not communicate,et non communicabo cum electis eorum.even with the best of them.

⁴Non declines cor meum in verba malitiæ, ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis;Do not turn aside my heart to words of malice, to making excuses for sins,cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem,with men who work iniquity; and I will not communicate,et non communicabo cum electis eorum.even with the best of them.

⁵Corripiet me justus in misericordia,The just one will correct me with mercy,et increpabit me:and he will rebuke me.oleum autem peccatoris non impinguet caput meum.But do not allow the oil of the sinner to fatten my head.Quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum:For my prayer will still be toward their good will.

⁵Corripiet me justus in misericordia,The just one will correct me with mercy,et increpabit me:and he will rebuke me.oleum autem peccatoris non impinguet caput meum.But do not allow the oil of the sinner to fatten my head.Quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum:For my prayer will still be toward their good will.

⁶absorpti sunt juncti petræ judices eorum.Their judges have been engulfed, joined to the rocks.Audient verba mea,They will hear my words,quoniam potuerunt.which have prevailed,

⁶absorpti sunt juncti petræ judices eorum.Their judges have been engulfed, joined to the rocks.Audient verba mea,They will hear my words,quoniam potuerunt.which have prevailed,

⁷Sicut crassitudo terræ erupta est super terram,as when the lava of the earth has erupted above ground.dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum.Our bones have been scattered beside Hell.

⁷Sicut crassitudo terræ erupta est super terram,as when the lava of the earth has erupted above ground.dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum.Our bones have been scattered beside Hell.

⁸Quia ad te,For Lord,Domine,O Lord,Domine,my eyes look to you.oculi mei;In you,in te speravi,I have hoped.non auferas animam meam.Do not take away my soul.

⁸Quia ad te,For Lord,Domine,O Lord,Domine,my eyes look to you.oculi mei;In you,in te speravi,I have hoped.non auferas animam meam.Do not take away my soul.

⁹Custodi me a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi,Protect me from the snare that they have set up for meet a scandalis operantium iniquitatem.and from the scandals of those who work iniquity.

⁹Custodi me a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi,Protect me from the snare that they have set up for meet a scandalis operantium iniquitatem.and from the scandals of those who work iniquity.

¹⁰Cadent in retiaculo ejus peccatores:The sinners will fall into his net.singulariter sum ego,I am alone,donec transeam.until I pass over.

¹⁰Cadent in retiaculo ejus peccatores:The sinners will fall into his net.singulariter sum ego,I am alone,donec transeam.until I pass over.