Psalms 140:7
As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, 1 Our bones have been scattered by the mouth of the grave. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
In Context
8For mine eyes are to thee, O Lord God: 1 I have hoped in thee; take not away my life. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:36Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear, and the uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them: shall I not go and smite him, and remove this day a reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised one, who has defied the army of the living God?
2 Samuel 8:6And David placed a garrison in Syria near Damascus, and the Syrians became servants and tributaries to David: and the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.
Psalms 18:1For the end, a Psalm of David. 1
Psalms 27:1A Psalm of David. 1 To thee, O Lord, have I cried; 1 My God, be not silent toward me: 1 Lest thou be silent toward me, 1 And so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit. 1
Psalms 62:2O God, my God, I cry to thee early; 1 My soul has thirsted for thee: 1 How often has my flesh longed after thee, 1 In a barren and trackless and dry land! 1
Matthew Henry on Psalms 140:2-8
Complaints and Petitions. 1 Deliver me, O Lord , from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; 2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. 4 Keep me, O Lord , from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins… Read the whole commentary →