Vakara lūgšana pēc pasargājuma no ļauna
1 Dāvida psalms .
Kungs, tevi saucu, steidzies pie manis,
ieklausies manā balsī, kad saucu uz tevi!
2 Lai mana lūgšana atzīta tavā priekšā par kvēpināmo upuri,
mana delnu pacelšana par vakara upuri!
3 Liec, Kungs, sargu manai mutei
un uzraugi manu lūpu durvis,
4 nevērs man prātu uz ļaunām runām,
uz negantiem darbiem kopā ar nekrietnajiem!
Kaut es neēstu no viņu kārumiem!
5 Ja zveltu man Taisnais, tā – žēlastība!
Ja rātu mani, tā – svaidāmā eļļa,
mana galva tās nevairītos!
Arvien mana lūgšana pret viņu ļaundarību!
6 Tos atdos Klintij, viņu Soģim!
Tad tie dzirdēs, cik mani vārdi jauki!
7 Kā dzirnakmens, sadauzījies uz zemes,
izsvaidīti mūsu kauli pie šeola vārtiem!
8 Uz tevi, Kungs, mans Kungs, raugās man acis,
pie tevis tveros, neatsedz mani tiem!
9 Pasargā mani no cilpas, ko tie man liek, un nekrietno slazdiem!
10 Lai visi ļaundari krīt savos tīklos, bet es paglābjos!
An Evening Prayer
1 I call to you, Lord; help me now!
Listen to me when I call to you.
2 Receive my prayer as incense,
my uplifted hands as an evening sacrifice.
3 Lord, place a guard at my mouth,
a sentry at the door of my lips.
4 Keep me from wanting to do wrong
and from joining evil people in their wickedness.
May I never take part in their feasts.
5 Good people may punish me and rebuke me in kindness,
but I will never accept honor from evil people,
because I am always praying against their evil deeds.
6 When their rulers are thrown down from rocky cliffs,
the people will admit that my words were true.
7 Like wood that is split and chopped into bits,
so their bones are scattered at the edge of the grave.
8 But I keep trusting in you, my Sovereign Lord.
I seek your protection;
don't let me die!
9 Protect me from the traps they have set for me,
from the snares of those evildoers.
10 May the wicked fall into their own traps
while I go by unharmed.
