Psalms 140:1
Deliver me, LORD, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men:
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
In Context
2those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.
Cross References
Psalms 18:48He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
Psalms 59:1Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.
Psalms 140:4LORD, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.
Habakkuk 1:2LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will you 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 →