God’s Word Translation
Psalms 140:1
1Rescue me from evil people, O Lord. Keep me safe from violent people.
Psalms 140:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
- New International Version (NIV)Rescue me, Lord, from evildoers; protect me from the violent,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men,
Context of Psalms 140:1
Rescue me from evil people, O Lord. Keep me safe from violent people. 2They plan evil things in their hearts. They start fights every day. 3They make their tongues as sharp as a snake’s ⌞fang⌟. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes. Selah
Read all of Psalms 140Psalms 140:1 word by word
חַלְּצֵ֣נִי יְ֭הוָה מֵאָדָ֣ם רָ֑ע מֵאִ֖ישׁ חֲמָסִ֣ים תִּנְצְרֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 140:1
- Psalms 43:1Judge me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation. Rescue me from deceitful and unjust people.
- Psalms 59:1Rescue me from my enemies, O my God. Protect me from those who attack me.
- Psalms 71:4My God, free me from the hands of a wicked person, from the grasp of one who is cruel and unjust.
- Psalms 140:4Protect me from the hands of wicked people, O Lord. Keep me safe from violent people. They try to trip me.
- Psalms 18:48He saves me from my enemies. You lift me up above my opponents. You rescue me from violent people.
- Habakkuk 1:2How long, O Lord, am I to cry for help, but you will not listen? I cry out to you, “There’s violence!” yet you will not come to the rescue.
Commentaries on Psalms 140:1
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man - That is, evidently from some particular man who was endeavoring to injure him; some personal enemy. All the circumstances mentioned agree well with the supposition that Saul is intended. Preserve me from the violent man - Margin, as in Hebrew, “man of violences.” That is, one who has committed violence so often, who has so frequently done wrong, that this may be considered a characteristic of the man. This would…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1David encourages himself in God. (1-7) He prays for, and prophesies the destruction of, his persecutors. (8-13) Verses 1-7 The more danger appears, the more earnest we should be in prayer to God. All are safe whom the Lord protects. If he be for us, who can be against us? We should especially watch and pray, that the Lord would hold up our goings in his ways, that our footsteps slip not. God is as able to keep his people from secret fraud as from open…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. 1-131. evil man--Which of David's enemies is meant is not important.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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