Psalm 141 141 Psalms Book 5 Douay-Rheims Bible Come Quickly to Me (Psalm 70:1–5)
1 DRA I have cried to the, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee. BSB BSB: A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.
2 DRA Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice. BSB BSB: May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.
3 DRA Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips. BSB BSB: Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
4 DRA 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. BSB BSB: Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
5 DRA The just shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer also shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased: BSB BSB: Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
6 DRA Their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed: BSB BSB: When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
7 DRA As when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: Our bones are scattered by the side of hell. BSB BSB: As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
8 DRA But o to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul. BSB BSB: But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
9 DRA Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity. BSB BSB: Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
10 DRA The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass. BSB BSB: Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
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