Psalms 140:1
Yahweh, rescue/save me from being attacked by evil men; and even more, ◄keep me safe/protect me► from being attacked by violent people.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 18:48and he rescues me from my enemies. He has lifted me up high so that violent men could not reach me and harm me.
Psalms 59:1God, save me from my enemies! Protect me from those who want to attack me!
Psalms 140:4Yahweh, protect me from the power [MTY] of wicked people. Keep me safe from violent men who plan to destroy me [SYN].
Habakkuk 1:2I said, “Yahweh, how long must I continue to call to you for help before you respond? I cry out to you for help, saying that people are acting violently everywhere, but you do not rescue us!
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 →