--- title: "Psalms 140 - Study King James Bible" description: "Read Psalms 140 commentary. 1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; 2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered togethe" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/psalms/140" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/140)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/140)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/140) Audio 1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;* 2 Which imagine mischiefs in *their* heart; continually are they gathered together *for* war. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison *is* under their lips. Selah. 4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 5 The proud 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 unto the LORD, Thou *art* my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. 7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. 8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; *lest* they exalt themselves. Selah.* 9 *As for* the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. 11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow *him*.* 12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, *and* the right of the poor. 13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. [Psalms 139](/study/psalms/139) [Psalms 141](/study/psalms/141) ## Commentary To verse 1 am 2942, bc 1062 **Deliver:** [Psalms 43:1](/kjv/psalms/43/1), [Psalms 59:1-3](/kjv/psalms/59/1-3), [Psalms 71:4](/kjv/psalms/71/4) **violent man:** Heb. man of violences, [Psalms 140:4](/kjv/psalms/140/4), [Psalms 140:11](/kjv/psalms/140/11), [Psalms 18:48](/kjv/psalms/18/48), *marg. [Habakkuk 1:2](/kjv/habakkuk/1/2), [Habakkuk 1:3](/kjv/habakkuk/1/3) **Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 23:26](/kjv/1-samuel/23/26) - away [2 Samuel 22:3](/kjv/2-samuel/22/3) - thou savest [2 Samuel 22:49](/kjv/2-samuel/22/49) - the violent [Psalms 25:19](/kjv/psalms/25/19) - cruel hatred [Psalms 120:2](/kjv/psalms/120/2) - from lying lips [Proverbs 12:5](/kjv/proverbs/12/5) - counsels [Hosea 5:2](/kjv/hosea/5/2) - profound [Micah 2:1](/kjv/micah/2/1) - to [Acts 25:3](/kjv/acts/25/3) - laying ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/psalms/140#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/psalms/140#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/psalms/140","name":"Psalms 140 - Study King James Bible","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/psalms/140#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Psalms 140 commentary. 1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; 2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered togethe","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/psalms/140#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/psalms/140"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/psalms/140#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","name":"Study Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/psalms","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/psalms","name":"Psalms"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/psalms/140","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/psalms/140","name":"140"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```