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Selected Verse: Psalms 140:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 140:1 |
Strong Concordance |
To the chief Musician [05329], A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. Deliver [02502] me, O LORD [03068], from the evil [07451] man [0120]: preserve [05341] me from the violent [02555] man [0376]; |
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King James |
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
The style of this Psalm resembles those of David in the former part of the book, presenting the usual complaint, prayer, and confident hope of relief. (Psa 140:1-13)
evil man--Which of David's enemies is meant is not important. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 supposition that Saul is intended.
Preserve me from the violent man - Margin, as in Hebrew, "man of violences." That is, one who has committed violence so often, who has so frequently done wrong, that this may be considered a characteristic of the man. This would apply well to the repeated acts of Saul in persecuting David, and endeavoring to do him injury. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The assimilation of the Nun of the verb נצר is given up, as in Psa 61:8; Psa 78:7, and frequently, in order to make the form more full-toned. The relative clause shows that אישׁ חמסים is not intended to be understood exclusively of one person. בּלב strengthens the notion of that which is deeply concealed and premeditated. It is doubtful whether יגוּרוּ signifies to form into troops or to stir up. But from the fact that גּוּר in Psa 56:7; Psa 59:4, Isa 54:15, signifies not congregare but se congregare, it is to be inferred that גּוּר in the passage before us, like גּרה (or התגּרה in Deu 2:9, Deu 2:24), in Syriac and Targumic גּרג, signifies concitare, to excite (cf. שׂוּר together with שׂרה, Hos 12:4.). In Psa 140:4 the Psalm coincides with Psa 64:4; Psa 58:5. They sharpen their tongue, so that it inflicts a fatal sting like the tongue of a serpent, and under their lips, shooting out from thence, is the poison of the adder (cf. Sol 4:11). עכשׁוּב is a ἅπαξ λεγομ. not from כּשׁב (Jesurun, p. 207), but from עכשׁ, Arab. ‛ks and ‛kš, root ‛k (vid., Fleischer on Isa 59:5, עכּבישׁ), both of which have the significations of bending, turning, and coiling after the manner of a serpent; the Beth is an organic addition modifying the meaning of the root.
(Note: According to the original Lexicons Arab. ‛ks signifies to bend one's self, to wriggle, to creep sideways like the roots of the vine, in the V form to move one's self like an adder (according to the Ḳamûs) and to walk like a drunken man (according to Neshwn); but Arab. ‛kš signifies to be intertwined, knit or closely united together, said of hairs and of the branches of trees, in the V form to fight hand to hand and to get in among the crowd. The root is apparently expanded into עכשׁוב by an added Beth which serves as a notional speciality, as in Arab. ‛rqûb the convex bend of the steep side of a rock, or in the case of the knee of the hind-legs of animals, and in Arab. charnûb (in the dialect of the country along the coast of Palestine, where the tree is plentiful, in Neshwn churnûb), the horn-like curved pod of the carob-tree (Ceratonia Siliqua), syncopated Arab. charrûb, charrûb (not charûb), from Arab. charn, cogn. qarn, a horn, cf. Arab. chrnâyt, the beak of a bird of prey, Arab. chrnûq, the stork [vid. on Psa 104:17], Arab. chrnı̂n, the rhinoceros [vid. on Psa 29:6], Arab. chrnuı̂t, the unicorn [vid. ibid.]. - Wetzstein.) |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| From the evil man - Saul, who was full of envy, jealousy, and cruelty against David, to whom both himself and his kingdom were under the highest obligations, endeavored by every means to destroy him. |
1 To the chief Musician [05329], A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. Deliver [02502] me, O LORD [03068], from the evil [07451] man [0120]: preserve [05341] me from the violent [02555] man [0376];
2 Which imagine [02803] mischiefs [07451] in their heart [03820]; continually [03117] are they gathered together [01481] for war [04421].
3 They have sharpened [08150] their tongues [03956] like a serpent [05175]; adders [05919]' poison [02534] is under their lips [08193]. Selah [05542].
4 Keep [08104] me, O LORD [03068], from the hands [03027] of the wicked [07563]; preserve [05341] me from the violent [02555] man [0376]; who have purposed [02803] to overthrow [01760] my goings [06471].
5 The proud [01343] have hid [02934] a snare [06341] for me, and cords [02256]; they have spread [06566] a net [07568] by the wayside [03027] [04570]; they have set [07896] gins [04170] for me. Selah [05542].
6 I said [0559] unto the LORD [03068], Thou art my God [0410]: hear [0238] the voice [06963] of my supplications [08469], O LORD [03068].
7 O GOD [03069] the Lord [0136], the strength [05797] of my salvation [03444], thou hast covered [05526] my head [07218] in the day [03117] of battle [05402].
8 Grant [05414] not, O LORD [03068], the desires [03970] of the wicked [07563]: further [06329] not his wicked device [02162]; lest they exalt [07311] themselves. Selah [05542].
9 As for the head [07218] of those that compass me about [04524], let the mischief [05999] of their own lips [08193] cover [03680] them.
10 Let burning coals [01513] fall [04131] [04131] upon them: let them be cast [05307] into the fire [0784]; into deep pits [04113], that they rise not up again [06965].
11 Let not an evil speaker [0376] [03956] be established [03559] in the earth [0776]: evil [07451] shall hunt [06679] the violent [02555] man [0376] to overthrow [04073] him.
12 I know [03045] that the LORD [03068] will maintain [06213] the cause [01779] of the afflicted [06041], and the right [04941] of the poor [034].
13 Surely the righteous [06662] shall give thanks [03034] unto thy name [08034]: the upright [03477] shall dwell [03427] in thy presence [06440].
6 He maketh them also to skip [07540] like a calf [05695]; Lebanon [03844] and Sirion [08303] like a young [01121] unicorn [07214].
17 Where the birds [06833] make their nests [07077]: as for the stork [02624], the fir trees [01265] are her house [01004].
5 They hatch [01234] cockatrice [06848]' eggs [01000], and weave [0707] the spider's [05908] web [06980]: he that eateth [0398] of their eggs [01000] dieth [04191], and that which is crushed [02116] breaketh out [01234] into a viper [0660].
11 Thy lips [08193], O my spouse [03618], drop [05197] as the honeycomb [05317]: honey [01706] and milk [02461] are under thy tongue [03956]; and the smell [07381] of thy garments [08008] is like the smell [07381] of Lebanon [03844].
5 Which will not hearken [08085] to the voice [06963] of charmers [03907], charming [02266] [02267] never so wisely [02449].
4 That they may shoot [03384] in secret [04565] at the perfect [08535]: suddenly [06597] do they shoot [03384] at him, and fear [03372] not.
4 Keep [08104] me, O LORD [03068], from the hands [03027] of the wicked [07563]; preserve [05341] me from the violent [02555] man [0376]; who have purposed [02803] to overthrow [01760] my goings [06471].
4 Yea, he had power [07786] over the angel [04397], and prevailed [03201]: he wept [01058], and made supplication [02603] unto him: he found [04672] him in Bethel [01008], and there he spake [01696] with us;
24 Rise ye up [06965], take your journey [05265], and pass over [05674] the river [05158] Arnon [0769]: behold [07200], I have given [05414] into thine hand [03027] Sihon [05511] the Amorite [0567], king [04428] of Heshbon [02809], and his land [0776]: begin [02490] to possess [03423] it, and contend [01624] with him in battle [04421].
9 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto me, Distress [06696] not the Moabites [04124], neither contend [01624] with them in battle [04421]: for I will not give [05414] thee of their land [0776] for a possession [03425]; because I have given [05414] Ar [06144] unto the children [01121] of Lot [03876] for a possession [03425].
15 Behold, they shall surely [01481] gather together [01481], but not [0657] by me: whosoever [04310] shall gather together [01481] against thee shall fall [05307] for thy sake.
4 They run [07323] and prepare [03559] themselves without my fault [05771]: awake [05782] to help [07125] me, and behold [07200].
7 Shall they escape [06405] by iniquity [0205]? in thine anger [0639] cast down [03381] the people [05971], O God [0430].
7 That they might set [07760] their hope [03689] in God [0430], and not forget [07911] the works [04611] of God [0410], but keep [05341] his commandments [04687]:
8 So will I sing [02167] praise unto thy name [08034] for ever [05703], that I may daily [03117] [03117] perform [07999] my vows [05088].