Chapter 140
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
A. M. 2942. B.C. 1062. Deliver
violent man
Heb. man of violences.
4,11 18:48 *marg:; Habakkuk 1:2,3
Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
imagine
2:1,2 21:11 36:4 38:12 62:3 64:5,6 Proverbs 12:20 Hosea 7:6 Micah 2:1-3 Nahum 1:11
continually
56:6 120:7 1 Samuel 23:19-24 24:11,12 26:1-25
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
sharpened
52:2,3 57:4 59:7 64:3,4 Proverbs 12:18 Isaiah 59:3-5,13 Jeremiah 9:3,5 James 3:6-8
like a serpent
Genesis 3:13 Proverbs 23:32 Matthew 12:34 2 Corinthians 11:3
adders
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
Keep me
17:8,9 36:11 37:32,33-40 55:1-3 71:4
preserve
overthrow
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
The proud
10:4-12 17:8-13 35:7 36:11 57:6 119:69,85,110 123:3,4 141:9,10 142:3 Proverbs 29:5 Jeremiah 18:18,20,22 Luke 11:53,54 20:20-23
I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
I said unto
16:2,5,6 31:14 91:2 119:57 142:5 Lamentations 3:24 Zechariah 13:9
hear
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
the strength
18:1,2,35 27:1 28:7,8 59:17 62:2,7 89:26 95:1 Deuteronomy 33:27-29 Isaiah 12:2
thou hast covered
144:10 1 Samuel 17:36,37,45-51 2 Samuel 8:6,14
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
Grant not
27:12 94:20,21 2 Samuel 15:31 Job 5:12,13
lest they exalt themselves
or, let them not be exalted.
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
let the mischief
7:16 64:8 94:23 Esther 5:14 7:10 Proverbs 10:6,11 12:13 18:7 Matthew 27:25
Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
burning coals
11:6 18:13,14 21:9 120:4 Genesis 19:24 Exodus 9:23,24 Revelation 16:8,9
let them
Daniel 3:20-25 Matthew 13:42,50
into deep
55:23 Proverbs 28:10,17 Revelation 20:15 21:8
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
an evil speaker
Heb. a man of tongue.
12:3,4 Proverbs 6:17 12:13 17:20 18:21
evil
7:14-16 9:16 34:21 Proverbs 13:21 Isaiah 3:11
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
the Lord
9:4 10:17,18 22:24 72:4,12-14 102:17 1 Kings 8:45,49 Proverbs 22:22 Proverbs 23:10,11 Isaiah 11:4 Jeremiah 22:16 Matthew 11:5
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Surely
the upright
16:11 23:6 73:24 John 14:3 17:24 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Revelation 7:14-17 21:24-27