Psalm 140:1-5

A Prayer for Protection against Persecutors

140¹ Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me. ² Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble 'for' wars. ³ They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder 'is' under their lips. Selah. ⁴ Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps. ⁵ The proud hid a snare for me—and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.

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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 140:1-5

Commentary on Psalm 140:1-7

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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.