Salmi 140

BIBBIA TINTORI	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 (Salmo di David). Signore, a te alzo il grido, esaudiscimi, porgi l'orecchio alla mia voce, quando t'invoco.	1 Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
2 S'innalzi la mia preghiera come incenso nel tuo cospetto, e le mie mani come il sacrifizio della sera.	2 thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.
3 Poni, o Signore, ima guardia alla mia bocca ed una porta intorno alle mie labbra.	3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.
4 Non permettere che il mio cuore scenda a maliziose parole, per trovar delle scuse nei peccati, come fanno coloro che agiscono iniquamente: io non voglio aver che fare coi loro preferiti.	4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
5 Mi corregga, pure il giusto, con misericordia, e mi rimproveri, ma l'unguento del peccatore non profumi il mio capo. Che anzi è contro le cose da essi desiderate la mia preghiera.	5 Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.
6 Sono precipitati legati a pietra i loro giudici: ascolteranno le mie parole, perchè efficaci.	6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.
7 Come grossa zolla si sbriciola sul terreno, le nostre ossa son disperse lungo la regione dei morti.	7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?
8 Ma giacché, o Signore, o Signore, a te son rivolti gli occhi miei e in te spero, non togliermi la vita.	8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.
9 Guardami dal laccio che m'han teso e dagli scandali degli operatori d'iniquità.	9 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
10 I peccatori cadano nella propria rete; io me ne sto solo solo fino al tempo del mio passaggio.	10 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
	11 And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
	12 But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.
	13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb.
	14 I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.
	15 My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.
	16 Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.
	17 But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
	18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.
	19 If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
	20 Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
	21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?
	22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.
	23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
	24 And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.