# Psalm 140 ## Psalm 140:1 - [KJV] Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; - [ASV] Deliver me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; Preserve me from the violent man: - [YLT] Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me. ### Notes on Psalm 140:1 - ## Psalm 140:2 - [KJV] Which imagine mischiefs in *their* heart; continually are they gathered together *for* war. - [ASV] Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war. - [YLT] Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble *for* wars. ### Notes on Psalm 140:2 - ## Psalm 140:3 - [KJV] They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison *is* under their lips. Selah. - [ASV] They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. *Selah* - [YLT] They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder *is* under their lips. Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 140:3 - ## Psalm 140:4 - [KJV] Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. - [ASV] Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps. - [YLT] Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps. ### Notes on Psalm 140:4 - ## Psalm 140:5 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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* - [YLT] The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 140:5 - ## Psalm 140:6 - [KJV] I said unto the LORD, Thou *art* my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. - [ASV] I said unto Jehovah, Thou art my God: Give ear unto the voice of my supplications, O Jehovah. - [YLT] I have said to Jehovah, 'My God *art* Thou, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of my supplications.' ### Notes on Psalm 140:6 - ## Psalm 140:7 - [KJV] O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. - [ASV] O Jehovah the Lord, the strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. - [YLT] O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour. ### Notes on Psalm 140:7 - ## Psalm 140:8 - [KJV] Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; *lest* they exalt themselves. Selah. - [ASV] Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, *lest* they exalt themselves. *Selah* - [YLT] Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 140:8 - ## Psalm 140:9 - [KJV] *As for* the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. - [ASV] As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. - [YLT] The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them. ### Notes on Psalm 140:9 - ## Psalm 140:10 - [KJV] Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. - [ASV] Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise. - [YLT] They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits -- they arise not. ### Notes on Psalm 140:10 - ## Psalm 140:11 - [KJV] Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow *him*. - [ASV] An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. - [YLT] A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing. ### Notes on Psalm 140:11 - ## Psalm 140:12 - [KJV] I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, *and* the right of the poor. - [ASV] I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy. - [YLT] I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy. ### Notes on Psalm 140:12 - ## Psalm 140:13 - [KJV] Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. - [ASV] Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: The upright shall dwell in thy presence. - [YLT] Only -- the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence! ### Notes on Psalm 140:13 -