Psalms 140:4
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
KJV
Non declines cor meum in verba malitiæ, ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis ; cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem, et non communicabo cum electis eorum.
Vulgate
μὴ ἐκκλίνῃς τὴν καρδίαν μου εἰς λόγους πονηρίας, τοῦ προφασίζεσθαι προφάσεις ἐν ἁμαρτίαις, σὺν ἀνθρώποις ἐργαζομένοις ἀνομίαν, καὶ οὐ μὴ συνδοιάσω μετὰ τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτῶν.
LXX
Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.
ASV
שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּ לְשׁוֹנָ/ם֮ כְּֽמוֹ נָ֫חָ֥שׁ חֲמַ֥ת עַכְשׁ֑וּב תַּ֖חַת שְׂפָתֵ֣י/מוֹ סֶֽלָה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 22:3 — The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
- Ps 17:5 — Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
- Ps 17:8 — Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
- Ps 18:48 — He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
- Ps 36:11 — Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
- Ps 37:32 — The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
- Ps 55:1 — Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
- Ps 71:4 — Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
- Ps 118:13 — Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
- Ps 140:1 — Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;