Psalms 140:1
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
In Context
2Which imagine evil in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
Cross References
Psalms 18:48He delivers me from mine enemies: yea, you lift me up above those that rise up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man.
Psalms 59:1Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
Psalms 140:4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my activities.
Habakkuk 1:2O LORD, how long shall I cry, and you will not hear! even cry out unto you of 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 →