(KJV) Psalm 1401

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⥃Rescue Me from Evil Men

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

[1] Deliver2 me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man3;4 [2] Which imagine5 mischiefs in [their] heart; continually6 are they gathered together [for] war. [3] They have sharpened7 their tongues like a serpent8; adders’9 poison [is] under their lips. Selah. [4] Keep me10, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve11 me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow12 my goings. [5] The proud13 have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. [6] I said unto14 the Lord, Thou [art] my God: hear15 the voice of my supplications, O Lord. [7] O God the Lord, the strength16 of my salvation, thou hast covered17 my head in the day of battle. [8] Grant not18, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves19. Selah. [9] [As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief20 of their own lips cover them. [10] Let burning coals21 fall upon them: let them22 be cast into the fire; into deep23 pits, that they rise not up again. [11] Let not an evil24 speaker25 be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him].26 [12] I know that the Lord27 will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor. [13] Surely28 the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright29 shall dwell in thy presence.

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  1. Ps 140:1, David prays to be delivered from Saul and Doeg; Ps 140:8, He prays against them; Ps 140:12, He comforts himself by confidence in God. ↩

  2. Ps 43:1, Ps 59:1-3, Ps 71:4 ↩

  3. Heb. man of violences, Ps 140:4, Ps 140:11, Ps 18:48 *marg. Hab 1:2-3 ↩

  4. am 2942, bc 1062 ↩

  5. Ps 2:1-2, Ps 21:11, Ps 36:4, Ps 38:12, Ps 62:3, Ps 64:5-6; Prov 12:20; Hos 7:6; Mic 2:1-3; Nah 1:11 ↩

  6. Ps 56:6, Ps 120:7; 1Sam 23:19-24, 1Sam 24:11-12, 1Sam 26:1-25 ↩

  7. Ps 52:2-3, Ps 57:4, Ps 59:7, Ps 64:3-4; Prov 12:18; Isa 59:3-5, Isa 59:13; Jer 9:3, Jer 9:5; Jas 3:6-8 ↩

  8. Gen 3:13; Prov 23:32; Matt 12:34; 2Cor 11:3 ↩

  9. Ps 58:4; Rom 3:13-14 ↩

  10. Ps 17:8-9, Ps 36:11, Ps 37:32, Ps 37:33-40, Ps 55:1-3, Ps 71:4 ↩

  11. Ps 140:1 ↩

  12. Ps 17:5; Prov 18:5 ↩

  13. Ps 10:4-12, Ps 17:8-13, Ps 35:7, Ps 36:11, Ps 57:6, Ps 119:69, Ps 119:85, Ps 119:110, Ps 123:3-4; Ps 141:9-10, Ps 142:3; Prov 29:5; Jer 18:18, Jer 18:20, Jer 18:22; Luke 11:53-54, Luke 20:20-23 ↩

  14. Ps 16:2, Ps 16:5-6, Ps 31:14, Ps 91:2, Ps 119:57, Ps 142:5; Lam 3:24; Zech 13:9 ↩

  15. Ps 27:7-8, Ps 28:1-2, Ps 55:1-2, Ps 64:1 ↩

  16. Ps 18:1-2, Ps 18:35, Ps 27:1, Ps 28:7-8, Ps 59:17, Ps 62:2, Ps 62:7, Ps 89:26, Ps 95:1; Deut 33:27-29; Isa 12:2 ↩

  17. Ps 144:10; 1Sam 17:36-37, 1Sam 17:45-51; 2Sam 8:6, 2Sam 8:14 ↩

  18. Ps 27:12, Ps 94:20-21; 2Sam 15:31; Job 5:12-13 ↩

  19. or, let them not be exalted, Deut 32:27 ↩

  20. Ps 7:16, Ps 64:8, Ps 94:23; Esth 5:14, Esth 7:10; Prov 10:6, Prov 10:11, Prov 12:13, Prov 18:7; Matt 27:25 ↩

  21. Ps 11:6, Ps 18:13-14, Ps 21:9, Ps 120:4; Gen 19:24; Exod 9:23-24; Rev 16:8-9 ↩

  22. Dan 3:20-25; Matt 13:42, Matt 13:50 ↩

  23. Ps 55:23; Prov 28:10, Prov 28:17; Rev 20:15, Rev 21:8 ↩

  24. Ps 7:14-16, Ps 9:16, Ps 34:21; Prov 13:21; Isa 3:11 ↩

  25. Heb. a man of tongue, Ps 12:3-4; Prov 6:17, Prov 12:13, Prov 17:20, Prov 18:21 ↩

  26. Let not, etc. or, Let not an evil|^n| speaker a wicked man of violence be established in the earth. Let him be hunted to his overthrow. ↩

  27. Ps 9:4, Ps 10:17-18, Ps 22:24, Ps 72:4, Ps 72:12-14, Ps 102:17; 1Kgs 8:45, 1Kgs 8:49; Prov 22:22; Prov 23:10-11; Isa 11:4; Jer 22:16; Matt 11:5 ↩

  28. Ps 32:11, Ps 33:1; Isa 3:10 ↩

  29. Ps 16:11, Ps 23:6, Ps 73:24; John 14:3, John 17:24; 1Thess 4:17; Rev 7:14-17, Rev 21:24-27 ↩