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Panalangin sa hapon sa pagtatalaga. Awit ni David

141 Panginoon, ako'y tumawag sa iyo: (A)magmadali ka sa akin:
Pakinggan mo ang tinig ko, pagka ako'y tumatawag sa iyo.
(B)Malagay ang aking dalangin na parang kamangyan sa harap mo;
(C)Ang pagtataas ng aking mga kamay na (D)parang hain sa kinahapunan.
(E)Maglagay ka ng bantay, Oh Panginoon, sa harap ng aking bibig;
Ingatan mo ang pintuan ng aking mga labi.
Huwag mong ikiling ang aking puso sa anomang masamang bagay,
Na gumawa sa mga gawa ng kasamaan
Na kasama ng mga taong nagsisigawa ng kasamaan:
At (F)huwag mo akong pakanin ng kanilang mga masarap na pagkain.
(G)Sugatan ako ng matuwid, magiging kagandahan pa ng loob;
At sawayin niya ako, magiging parang langis sa ulo;
Huwag tanggihan ng aking ulo:
Sapagka't sa kanilang kasamaan ay mamamalagi ang dalangin ko.
Ang kanilang mga hukom ay nangahagis sa mga tabi ng malaking bato;
At kanilang maririnig ang aking mga salita; sapagka't matatamis.
Gaya ng kung inaararo at nabubungkal ang lupa,
Gayon ang aming mga buto (H)ay nangangalat sa bibig ng Sheol.
Sapagka't ang mga mata ko'y (I)nangasa iyo, Oh Dios na Panginoon:
Sa iyo nanganganlong ako; huwag mong iwan ang aking kaluluwa sa walang magkandili.
Iligtas mo ako (J)sa silo na kanilang inilagay na ukol sa akin,
At sa mga silo ng mga manggagawa ng kasamaan.
10 (K)Mahulog ang masama sa kanilang sariling mga bating.
Habang ako'y nakatatanan.

A praise song of David.

141 Lord, I call to you for help.
    Listen to me as I pray.
    Please hurry and help me!
Accept my prayer like a gift of burning incense,
    the words I lift up like an evening sacrifice.

Lord, help me control what I say.
    Don’t let me say anything bad.
Take away any desire to do evil.
    Keep me from joining the wicked in doing wrong.
    Help me stay away from their feasts.
If good people correct me,
    I will consider it a good thing.
If they criticize me,
    I will accept it like a warm welcome.[a]
But my prayer will always be against the wicked and the evil they do.
Let their judges be put to death.[b]
    Then everyone will know that I told the truth.

Like rocks in a field that a farmer has plowed,
    so our bones will be scattered in the grave.
My Lord God, I look to you for help.
    I look to you for protection; don’t let me die.
Those evil people are trying to trap me.
    Don’t let me fall into their traps.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own traps,
    while I walk away unharmed.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 141:5 a warm welcome Or “like oil poured over my head.”
  2. Psalm 141:6 Let their judges … to death Or “Let their judges be thrown from the cliffs.”

Psalm 141

A psalm of David.

I call to you, Lord, come quickly(A) to me;
    hear me(B) when I call to you.
May my prayer be set before you like incense;(C)
    may the lifting up of my hands(D) be like the evening sacrifice.(E)

Set a guard over my mouth,(F) Lord;
    keep watch over the door of my lips.(G)
Do not let my heart(H) be drawn to what is evil
    so that I take part in wicked deeds(I)
along with those who are evildoers;
    do not let me eat their delicacies.(J)

Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
    let him rebuke me(K)—that is oil on my head.(L)
My head will not refuse it,
    for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,(M)
    and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
They will say, “As one plows(N) and breaks up the earth,(O)
    so our bones have been scattered at the mouth(P) of the grave.”

But my eyes are fixed(Q) on you, Sovereign Lord;
    in you I take refuge(R)—do not give me over to death.
Keep me safe(S) from the traps set by evildoers,(T)
    from the snares(U) they have laid for me.
10 Let the wicked fall(V) into their own nets,
    while I pass by in safety.(W)