New King James Version
Psalms 140:2
2Who plan evil things in their hearts; They continually gather together for war.
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 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 hearts; They continually gather together for war. 3They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; The poison of asps is under their lips. Selah 4Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men, Who have purposed to make my steps stumble.
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 people plot a vain thing?
- Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against You; They devised a plot which they are not able to perform.
- Psalms 36:4He devises wickedness on his bed; He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not abhor evil.
- Psalms 38:12Those also who seek my life lay snares for me; Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, And plan deception all the day long.
- Psalms 62:3How long will you attack a man? You shall be slain, all of you, Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence.
- Psalms 64:5They encourage themselves in an evil matter; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say, “Who will see them?”
- Proverbs 12:20Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy.
- Hosea 7:6They prepare their heart like an oven, While they lie in wait; Their baker sleeps all night; In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
- Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand.
- Nahum 1:11From you comes forth one Who plots evil against the Lord, A wicked counselor.
- Psalms 56:6They gather together, They hide, they mark my steps, When they lie in wait for my life.
- Psalms 120:7I am for peace; But when I speak, they are for war.
- 1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding with us in strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
- 1 Samuel 24:11Moreover, my father, see! Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you hunt my life to take it.
- 1 Samuel 26:1Now the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding in the hill of Hachilah, opposite 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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