Psalms 140:4 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 140:4

Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.

BSB

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ASV

Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

KJV

Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked,.... From falling into their hands, and the weight of them); and from their laying hands on him, being men of power and authority; preserve me from the violent man: or men, everyone of them; See Gill on Psa 140:1; who have purposed to overthrow my goings: to supplant him; to cause him to stumble and fall, to his disgrace and reproach; and that they might take an advantage of him, and an occasion against him. Arama interprets it, to drive me out of the land of Israel; see 1Sa 26:

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 7 (1885)

Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked. To fall into their hands would be a calamity indeed. David in his most pitiable plight chose to fall into the hand of a chastising God rather than to be left in the power of men. No creature among the wild beasts of the wood is so terrible an enemy to man as man himself when guided by evil, and impelled by violence. The Lord by providence and grace can keep us out of the power of the wicked.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שָׁמְרֵ֤נִי	sha.me.Re.ni	keep me	H8104 →
יְהוָ֨ה׀	Yah.weh	O Yahweh	H3068 →
מִ֘ידֵ֤י	mi.Dei	from [the] hands of	H3027 →
רָשָׁ֗ע	ra.Sha'	[the] wicked	H7563 →
מֵאִ֣ישׁ	me.'Ish	from a man of	H376 →
חֲמָסִ֣ים	cha.ma.Sim	violence<s>	H2555 →
תִּנְצְרֵ֑נִי	tin.tze.Re.ni	you will preserve me	H5341 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	[those] who	H834 →
חָ֝שְׁב֗וּ	cha.she.Vu	they have planned	H2803 →
לִדְח֥וֹת	lid.Chot	to trip up	H1760 →
פְּעָמָֽי׃	pe.'a.Mai	footsteps my	H6471 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 17:5
My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
leads to
- Psalms 44:18
  Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
- Psalms 119:133
  Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
- 1 Samuel 2:9
  He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
- Psalms 121:3
  He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
- Psalms 38:16
  For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
Through
Psalms 36:11
Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
leads to
- Psalms 16:8
  I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Isaiah 51:23
  I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to…
Through
Psalms 71:4
Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
leads to
- Psalms 59:1–2
  Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms