Psalm 140:1
Other Translations of Psalm 140:1
King James Version
A Prayer for Protection against Persecutors
1401 Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent
English Standard Version
A Prayer for Protection against Persecutors
1401 Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men,
The Message
A Prayer for Protection against Persecutors
1401 God, get me out of here, away from this evil; protect me from these vicious people.
New King James Version
A Prayer for Protection against Persecutors
1401 To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men,
New Living Translation
A Prayer for Protection against Persecutors
1401 O Lord, rescue me from evil people. Protect me from those who are violent,
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 140:1
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.