“ Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violenta man; ”
Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man - That is, evidently from some particular man who was endeavoring to injure him; some personal enemy. All the circumstances mentioned agree well with the sup...
"To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David." Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the (a) violent man; (a) Who persecutes me out of malice and without cause.
CXL. The Prayer of a Man hard Beset by Treacherous Foes. It seems clear that the foes of whom the author complains are Jews, not foreign assailants. Slander and violence are their weapons, and the...
To the chief Musician. See App-64. Title.. Psalm. Hebrew. mizmor. See App-65. of David . by David. LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. the evil . an evil man. Hebrew. ra'a' . App-44. man....
To the chief Musician, etc. I cannot bring myself to restrict this Psalm to Doeg, as the great body of interpreters do, for the context will clearly show that it speaks of Saul, and of the co...
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; From the evil man - Saul, who was full of envy, jealousy, and cruelty against David,...
David prayeth to be delivered from Saul and Doeg: he prayeth against them: he comforteth himself by confidence in God. To the chief musician. A Psalm of David. Title. לדוד מזמור למנצח lamna...
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; Psalms 140:1-13 -Prayer to Yahweh; wickedness of the foe from whom David prays deliverance ( Psalms 140:1-5 ); the di...
A prayer for deliverance from enemies (perhaps national), ascribed to David probably because it consists mainly of quotations from, and adaptations of, earlier Pss.
Evil man. — The singular of the object in this verse must not lead us to think the psalm is an expression of personal feeling against one enemy, for it is immediately changed to the plural. Viole...
Psalms 140:1-13 IN tone and contents this psalm has many parallels in the earlier books, especially among the psalms ascribed to David. Its originality lies principally in its use of peculiar word...
Confidence in God's Protection Psalms 140:1-13 Here is a picture of a man who is beset by foes. Around are slander and hatred; at his feet stratagems and traps. There is no help save in Him who...
The previous five psalms have dealt with the absolute sufficiency of Jehovah. Their titles will indicate this, “Jehovah the Object of His people's praise, Jehovah the God of mercy, Jehovah the God of...
CONTENTS The Psalmist is here under affliction, looking to the Lord for help and deliverance, and taking comfort in the hope that the Lord hears, and will answer. To the chief musician, A Psalm of...
Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man ,.... Either Saul; so Theodoret; or rather Doeg, according to R. Obadiah: but Jarchi interprets it of Esau; by whom he means Edom, or Rome, or rather the Christ...
Psalms 140:1 «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. » Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; Ver. 1. Deliver me O Lord, from the evil man ] Made of malice, i...
Deliver me from the evil man Either Saul, or Doeg, or some other malicious enemy, or rather enemies; the word man being taken collectively for men , as appears from the next verse. Continually,...
Complaints and Petitions. To the chief musician. A psalm of David. 1 Deliver me, O L ORD , from the evil man: preser...
PSALM 140 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm was composed by David upon occasion of those slanderous and reproachful speeches and treacherous dealings which David had from his enemies in Saul's tithe, of whic...
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm is a prayer for protection against enemies who were at once violent and crafty, and unscrupulous in the use of their tongues. The general strain of the Psalm is like that of...
To the Chief Musician, a Psalm of David. Very likely this Psalm was written by David while he was being hunted about by Saul, and while all manner of falsehoods were being spoken against him. He ther...
This psalm was composed by David, on occasion of Saul's persecution. The title, a psalm of David, is undisputed. Psalms 140:1 . From the evil man, Doëg the Edomite: from the violent man, Saul...
Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man. God preserves His servant To put Luther out of harm’s way for a while a prudent man took him prisoner, and kept him out of the strife in the castle of War...
EXPOSITION MAINLY a psalm of supplication. David is in great straits, threatened by violent and malignant enemies ( Psalms 140:1-19 ), against whom he prays to God for aid ( Psalms 140:1 , Ps...
Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man, one who delights in inflicting injuries,
Habakkuk 1:2 ; Habakkuk 1:3 ; Psalms 43:1 ; Psalms 59:1-3 ; Psalms 71:4 ; Psalms 140:11 ; Psalms 140:4 ; Psalms 18:48