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140:1 psalmus David Domine clamavi ad te exaudi me intende voci meae cum clamavero ad te	140:1. I have cried to thee, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee.
140:2 dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum	140:2. Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.
140:3 pone Domine custodiam ori meo et ostium circumstantiae labiis meis	140:3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips.
140:4 non declines cor meum in verba malitiae ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem et non communicabo cum electis eorum	140:4. 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.
140:5 corripiet me iustus in misericordia et increpabit me oleum autem peccatoris non inpinguet caput meum quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum	140:5. 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:
140:6 absorti sunt iuncti petrae iudices eorum audient verba mea quoniam potuerunt	140:6. Their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed:
140:7 sicut crassitudo terrae erupta est super terram dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum	140:7. As when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: Our bones are scattered by the side of hell.
140:8 quia ad te Domine Domine oculi mei in te speravi non auferas animam meam	140:8. But to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul.
140:9 custodi me a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi et ab scandalis operantium iniquitatem	140:9. Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.
140:10 cadent in retiaculo eius peccatores singulariter sum ego donec transeam	140:10. The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass.

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