English Standard Version
Psalms 140:2
2who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who plan evil things in their hearts; They continually gather together for war.
- New Living Translation (NLT)those who plot evil in their hearts and stir up trouble all day long.
Context of Psalms 140:2
1Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men, who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually. 3They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah 4Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.
Read all of Psalms 140Psalms 140:2 word by word
אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָשְׁב֣וּ רָע֣וֹת בְּלֵ֑ב כָּל־י֝֗וֹם יָג֥וּרוּ מִלְחָמֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 140:2
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Psalms 21:11Though they plan evil against you, though they devise mischief, they will not succeed.
- Psalms 36:4He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil.
- Psalms 38:12Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.
- Psalms 62:3How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
- Psalms 64:5They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, "Who can see them?"
- Proverbs 12:20Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but those who plan peace have joy.
- Hosea 7:6For with hearts like an oven they approach their intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
- Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Nahum 1:11From you came one who plotted evil against the Lord, a worthless counselor.
- Psalms 56:6They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.
- Psalms 120:7I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war!
- 1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?
- 1 Samuel 24:11See, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand. For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt my life to take it.
- 1 Samuel 26:1Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding himself on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the east of Jeshimon?"
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
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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
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