Psalms 140:2

Psalms 140:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
• New International Version (NIV)who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who plan evil things in their hearts; They continually gather together for war.

Context of Psalms 140:2

1Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man: Who devise mischiefs in [their] heart; every day are they banded together for war. 3They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. 4Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked [man], preserve me from the violent man, who devise to overthrow my steps.

Psalms 140:2 word by word

אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָשְׁב֣וּ רָע֣וֹת בְּלֵ֑ב כָּל־י֝֗וֹם יָג֥וּרוּ מִלְחָמֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 140:2

• Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and [why] do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
• Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.
• Psalms 36:4He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil.
• Psalms 38:12And they that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.
• Psalms 62:3How long will ye assail a man; will ye [seek], all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence?
• Psalms 64:5They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?
• Proverbs 12:20Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
• Hosea 7:6For they have applied their heart like an oven to their lying in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth like a flaming fire.
• Micah 2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
• Nahum 1:11Out of thee is gone forth one that imagineth evil against Jehovah, a wicked counsellor.
• Psalms 56:6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.
• Psalms 120:7I [am for] peace; but when I speak, they [are] for war.
• 1 Samuel 23:19And the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the wood, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the waste?
• 1 Samuel 24:11And see, my father, yes, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand. For in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou liest in wait for my life to take it.
• 1 Samuel 26:1And the Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, facing the waste?

Commentaries on Psalms 140:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Which imagine mischiefs in their heart - Here the language is changed to the plural number in the Hebrew, implying that while there was one man who was eminent in his wickedness and his wrong-doing, there were many others associated with him, acting under his direction. The word “mischiefs” in the Hebrew means “evils; wickednesses.” It was not a single purpose; the plan embraced many forms of evil - doing him wrong in every way possible. Continually are…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3The psalmist prays for the Lord to rescue him from wicked people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-52-5. This character of the wicked, and the devices planned against the pious, correspond to Psa 10:7; 31:13; 58:4, &c.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 140:2

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Heart
• Malice

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Commentaries on Psalms 140

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary