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Psalm 139 (140) Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 140 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (2)

1 For the end, a Psalm of David. 2 Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man; Deliver me from the unjust man. 3 Who have devised injustice in their hearts; All the day they prepared war. 4 They have sharpened their tongue as [the tongue] of a serpent; The poison of asps is under their lips. Pause. 5 Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner; Rescue me from unjust men; Who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 6 The proud have hidden a snare for me, And have stretched out ropes [for] snares for my feet; They set a stumbling block for me near the path. Pause. 7 I said to the Lord, Thou art my God; Hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication. 8 O Lord God, the strength of my salvation; Thou hast screened my head in the day of battle. 9 Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire: They have devised [mischief] against me; Forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. Pause. 10 [As for] the head of them that compass me, The mischief of their lips shall cover them. 11 Coals of fire shall fall upon them on the earth; And thou shalt cast them down in afflictions: They shall not bear up [under them]. 12 A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: Evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction. 13 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor, And the right of the needy ones. 14 Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name: The upright shall dwell in thy presence.

Cross references (14)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in LXXUP.

  1. 1 Psalm 18:48; Psalm 140:4; Psalm 71:4; Habakkuk 1:2–3; Psalm 17:13
  2. 2 Psalm 18:48; Psalm 140:4; Psalm 71:4; Habakkuk 1:2–3; Psalm 17:13
  3. 3 Psalm 56:6; Psalm 36:4; Psalm 64:5–6; Proverbs 12:20; Psalm 120:7
  4. 4 Psalm 58:4; Romans 3:13–14; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Proverbs 23:32; Jeremiah 9:5
  5. 5 Psalm 36:11; Psalm 17:5; Psalm 71:4; Psalm 37:32–40; Psalm 17:8–9
  6. 6 Psalm 142:3; Psalm 35:7; Jeremiah 18:22; Jeremiah 18:20; Luke 20:20–23
  7. 7 Psalm 16:2; Psalm 31:14; Psalm 119:57; Psalm 142:5; Zechariah 13:9
  8. 8 Psalm 62:7; Psalm 18:1–2; Psalm 89:26; Psalm 62:2; Deuteronomy 33:27–29
  9. 9 Psalm 10:2–3; Psalm 27:12; Job 5:12–13; 2 Samuel 15:31; Deuteronomy 32:27
  10. 10 Psalm 7:16; Proverbs 18:7; Psalm 94:23; Proverbs 12:13; Proverbs 10:11
  11. 11 Psalm 11:6; Psalm 21:9; Revelation 20:15; Revelation 21:8; Exodus 9:23–24
  12. 12 Psalm 34:21; Proverbs 18:21; Isaiah 3:11; Proverbs 13:21; Proverbs 17:20
  13. 13 Psalm 9:4; 1 Kings 8:49; 1 Kings 8:45; Proverbs 23:10–11; Jeremiah 22:16
  14. 14 Psalm 16:11; Psalm 11:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Isaiah 3:10; John 17:24

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 140.

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm CXXXIX)

    Our Lord Jesus Christ speaketh in the Prophets, sometimes in His own Name, sometimes in ours, because He maketh Himself one with us; as it is said, "they twain shall be one flesh." Wherefore also the Lord saith in the Gospel, speaking of marriage, "therefore they are no more twain, but one flesh." One flesh, because of our mortality He …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 140:3 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LXVIII)

    "For adder's poison," it is said, "is under their lips, and their throat is an open sepulchre." But theirs are not so, but full of much fragrance.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)