Livro dos Salmos 140

SAGRADA BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Ao mestre de canto. Salmo de Davi. Livrai-me, Senhor, do homem mau; preservai-me do homem violento,	1 Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
2 daqueles que tramam o mal no coração, que provocam discórdias diariamente,	2 thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.
3 que aguçam a língua qual serpente, que ocultam nos lábios veneno viperino.	3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.
4 Salvai-me, Senhor, das mãos do ímpio; preservai-me do homem violento, daqueles que tramam minha queda.	4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
5 Orgulhosos, armam laços contra mim e estendem suas redes, e junto ao caminho me colocam ciladas.	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 Digo ao Senhor: Vós sois o meu Deus. Escutai, Senhor, a voz de minha súplica.	6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.
7 Senhor Deus, meu poderoso apoio! Vós protegeis minha fronte no dia do combate.	7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?
8 Não atendais, Senhor, os desejos do ímpio, não deixeis que se cumpram seus desígnios.	8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.
9 Que não levantem a cabeça os que me cercam; sobre eles recaia a malícia de seus lábios.	9 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
10 Carvões ardentes chovam sobre eles: sejam lançados numa fossa de onde não se ergam mais.	10 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 Não terá duração na terra a má língua; o infortúnio surpreenderá o homem violento.	11 And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
12 Sei que o Senhor defende o desvalido, e faz justiça aos pobres.	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 Sim, os justos celebrarão o vosso nome, e os retos poderão viver em vossa presença.	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.