Psalms 140:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
In Context
2\140:1\O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man:
Cross References
Psalms 18:48\18:47\It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.
Psalms 59:1To the chief music-maker; put to At-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When Saul sent, and they were watching the house, to put him to death.
Psalms 140:4\140:3\Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)
Habakkuk 1:2How long, O Lord, will your ears be shut to my voice? I make an outcry to you about violent behaviour, but you do not send salvation.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 140:1
This and the four following psalms are much of a piece, and the scope of them the same with many that we met with in the beginning and middle of the book of Psalms, though with but few of late. They were penned by David (as it should seem) when he was persecuted by Saul; one of them is said to be his "prayer when he was in the cave," and it is probable that all the rest were penned about the same time. In this psalm, I. David complains of the malice of his enemies, and prays to God to preserve him from them, ver.… Read the whole commentary →