Psalm 141, Catholic Public Domain Version
The understanding of David. A prayer, when he was in the cave.
Intellectus David, cum esset in spelunca, oratio.
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With my voice, I cried out to the Lord. With my voice, I made supplication to the Lord.
Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi, voce mea ad Dominum deprecatus sum.
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In his sight, I pour out my prayer, and before him, I declare my tribulation.
Effundo in conspectu ejus orationem meam, et tribulationem meam ante ipsum pronuntio:
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Though my spirit may become faint within me, even then, you have known my paths. Along this way, which I have been walking, they have hidden a snare for me.
in deficiendo ex me spiritum meum, et tu cognovisti semitas meas. In via hac qua ambulabam absconderunt laqueum mihi.
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I considered toward the right, and I looked, but there was no one who would know me. Flight has perished before me, and there is no one who has concern for my soul.
Considerabam ad dexteram, et videbam, et non erat qui cognosceret me: periit fuga a me, et non est qui requirat animam meam.
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I cried out to you, O Lord. I said: You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living.
Clamavi ad te, Domine; dixi: Tu es spes mea, portio mea in terra viventium.
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Attend to my supplication. For I have been humbled exceedingly. Free me from my persecutors, for they have been fortified against me.
Intende ad deprecationem meam, quia humiliatus sum nimis. Libera me a persequentibus me, quia confortati sunt super me.
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Lead my soul out of confinement in order to confess your name. The just are waiting for me, until you repay me.
Educ de custodia animam meam ad confitendum nomini tuo; me exspectant justi donec retribuas mihi.
Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain · Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592)