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Psalm 140 Free Bible Version

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1 For the music director. A psalm of David. Lord, please save me from those who do evil; protect me especially from those who are violent!
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Deliver me, Yahweh, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men:
2 Their minds are busy plotting evil things, stirring up trouble all day long.
2 those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.
3 Their tongues are as sharp as those of snakes; viper's venom is on their lips. Selah.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.
4 Lord, please keep me from falling into the hands of the wicked; protect me especially from those who are violent, who are plotting my downfall.
4 Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.
5 Proud people have hidden a trap for me—they have strung out a net on the path, they have set snares to catch me. Selah.
5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
6 I told the Lord, “You are my God! Lord, please listen to my cries for help!”
6 I said to Yahweh, “You are my God.” Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh.
7 Lord God, my powerful Savior, you covered my head like a helmet on the day of battle.
7 Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
8 God, don't allow the wicked to get what they want—don't let them be successful in what they plan so they don't become proud. Selah.
8 Yahweh, don’t grant the desires of the wicked. Don’t let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.
9 May the harm spoken against me by those who surround me fall back on them,
9 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10 Let burning coals rain down on them! Let them be thrown into the fire, or into bottomless pits, never to rise again.
10 Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise.
11 Don't let people who slander others live in our land. May disaster strike down violent people.
11 An evil speaker won’t be established on the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
12 Yet I know the Lord defends the rights of those who are persecuted, and gives justice to the poor.
12 I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.
13 Truly those who live right are thankful for the kind of person you are, and those who are honest will live in your presence.
13 Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name. The upright will dwell in your presence.
Cross references (13)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

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

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)