Psalms 140:1
A Psalm of David. 1 O Lord, I have cried to thee; hear me: 1 Attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 59:1For the end, for them that shall yet be changed; for an inscription by David for instruction,
Psalms 140:4Incline not my heart to evil things, 1 To employ pretexts for sins, 1 With men who work iniquity: 1 And let me not unite with their choice ones. 1
Habakkuk 1:2How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and thou wilt not hearken? how long shall I cry out to thee being injured, and thou wilt 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 →