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Psalm 140 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)

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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Rescátame, oh Yavé, de hombres perversos. Guárdame de hombres violentos
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Deliver me, Yahweh, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men:
2 Que maquinan cosas malas en [sus] corazones. Continuamente promueven guerras,
2 those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.
3 Afilan su lengua como serpiente. Veneno de víbora hay debajo de sus labios. Selah
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.
4 Guárdame, oh Yavé, de las manos de los perversos. Guárdame de hombres violentos, Que se proponen que vacilen mis pies.
4 Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.
5 Soberbios esconden trampa y cuerdas contra mí, Junto al sendero me extienden una red. 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 Digo a Yavé: Tú eres mi ʼElohim. Presta oído, oh Yavé, a la voz de mis súplicas.
6 I said to Yahweh, “You are my God.” Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh.
7 Oh Yavé ʼAdonay, Fortaleza de mi salvación, Cubriste mi cabeza en el día de la batalla.
7 Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
8 No concedas, oh Yavé, los deseos del perverso. No promuevas su designio de ser ellos exaltados. 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 En cuanto a la cabeza de los que me rodean, Cúbralos la perversidad de sus propios labios.
9 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10 Que caigan sobre ellos carbones encendidos. Que sean echados al fuego En abismos profundos de donde no puedan salir.
10 Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise.
11 Que el difamador no sea establecido en la tierra. Que el mal cace velozmente al varón violento.
11 An evil speaker won’t be established on the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
12 Yo sé que Yavé defiende la causa del afligido, Y la justicia para el pobre.
12 I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.
13 Ciertamente los justos darán gracias a tu Nombre, Los rectos vivirán en tu Presencia.
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)