Psalms 140:1
A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried out to you, hear me. Attend to my voice, when I cry out to you.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 59:1Unto the end. For those who will be changed, with the inscription of a title, of David himself, for instruction:
Psalms 140:4Do not turn aside my heart to words of malice, to making excuses for sins, with men who work iniquity; and I will not communicate, even with the best of them.
Habakkuk 1:2How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and you will not heed? Shall I shout to you while suffering violence, and you will not save?
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 →