Psalms 140:1
To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
In Context
2Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble [for] wars.
Cross References
Psalms 18:48My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me.
Psalms 59:1To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not,' by David. — A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.
Psalms 140:4Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.
Habakkuk 1:2Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee — 'Violence,' and Thou dost 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 →