4 Keep me safe, Lord, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet.
4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
4 Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.
4 God, keep me out of the clutch of these wicked ones, protect me from these vicious people;
4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men, Who have purposed to make my steps stumble.
4 O Lord, keep me out of the hands of the wicked. Protect me from those who are violent, for they are plotting against me.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 140:4
Commentary on Psalm 140:1-7
(Read Psalm 140:1-7)
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 force; and the experience we have had of his power and care, in dangers of one kind, may encourage us to depend upon him in other dangers.