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140:2 who <0834> plan <02803> ways to harm <07451> me <03820>. All <03605> day <03117> long they stir up <01481> conflict <04421>. 140:3 Their tongues <03956> wound <08150> like <03644> a serpent <05175>; a viper’s <05919> venom <02534> is behind <08478> their lips <08193>. (Selah <05542>) 140:4 O Lord <03068>, shelter <08104> me from the power <03027> of the wicked <07563>! Protect <05341> me from violent <02555> men <0376>, who <0834> plan <02803> to knock <01760> me over <01760>. 140:5 Proud <01343> men hide <02934> a snare <06341> for me; evil men <02256> spread <06566> a net <07568> by <03027> the path <04570>; they set <07896> traps <04170> for me. (Selah <05542>) 140:6 I say <0559> to the Lord <03068>, “You <0859> are my God <0410>.” O Lord <03068>, pay attention <0238> to my plea <06963> for mercy <08469>! 140:7 O sovereign <03069> Lord <0136>, my strong <05797> deliverer <03444>, you shield <05526> my head <07218> in the day <03117> of battle <05402>. 140:8 O Lord <03068>, do not <0408> let <05414> the wicked <07563> have their way <03970>! Do not <0408> allow <06329> their plan <02162> to succeed <07311> when they attack! (Selah <05542>) 140:9 As for the heads <07218> of those who surround <04524> me– may the harm done <05999> by their lips <08193> overwhelm <03680> them! 140:10 May he rain down <04131> fiery coals <01513> upon <05921> them! May he throw <05307> them into the fire <0784>! From bottomless pits <04113> they will not <01077> escape <06965>. 140:11 A slanderer <03956> <0376> will not <01077> endure on <03559> the earth <0776>; calamity <07451> will hunt down <06679> a violent <02555> man <0376> and strike <04073> him down <04073>. 140:12 I know <03045> that <03588> the Lord <03068> defends <06213> the cause <01779> of the oppressed <06041> and vindicates <04941> the poor <034>. 140:13 Certainly <0389> the godly <06662> will give thanks <03034> to your name <08034>; the morally upright <03477> will live <03427> in your presence <06440>.

• Psa 140:1-13 -- Psalm 140

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old Testament 4. Inscriptions after Settlement in Canaan 5. Orthography of the Pe...
  

• Speaking

  [nave] SPEAKING. Evil Ex. 22:28; Job 19:18; Psa. 10:7, 8; Psa. 12:3, 4; Psa. 34:13; Psa. 35:21; Psa. 41:5-9; Psa. 52:2-4; Psa. 59:12; Psa. 64:2-5; Psa. 69:12, 26; Psa. 70:3; Psa. 102:8; Psa. 106:33; Psa. 119:23; Psa. 120:1-7; Psa...
  

• Prayer

  [nave] PRAYER. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Answer to, Promised; Answered, Instances of Answered; Confession in; Importunity in, Instances of Importunity in; Intercessor...
  

• POISON

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. hemah, "heat," the poison of certain venomous reptiles (Deut. 32:24, 33; Job 6:4; Ps. 58:4), causing inflammation. (2.) Heb. rosh, "a head," a poisonous plant (Deut. 29:18), growing luxuriantly (Hos. 10:4), of a bi...
  [isbe] POISON - poi'-z'-n (chemah, ro'-sh; thumos, ios): Residents in Palestine must, from the first, have been acquainted with venomous serpents. Six species of these are widely diffused in the land, and at least three of them are...
  

• Manaen

  [ebd] consoler, a Christian teacher at Antioch. Nothing else is known of him beyond what is stated in Acts 13:1, where he is spoken of as having been brought up with (Gr. syntrophos; rendered in R.V. "foster brother" of) Herod, i....
  

• Malice

  [nave] MALICE. Gen. 3:15; Lev. 19:14, 17, 18; Deut. 27:17, 18; Deut. 32:32, 33; 2 Kin. 6:21, 22; Job 31:29, 30; Psa. 4:2; Psa. 7:14-16 Job 15:35. Psa. 10:7-10, 14; Psa. 21:11; Psa. 22:7, 8; Psa. 35:15, 16, 19-21; Psa. 38:16, 19; P...
  

• JUSTICE

  [isbe] JUSTICE - jus'-tis (tsedhaqah; tsedheq; dikaiosune): The original Hebrew and Greek words are the same as those rendered "righteousness." This is the common rendering, and in about half the cases where we have "just" and "jus...
  

• IMAGINE

  [isbe] IMAGINE - i-maj'-in (chashabh; meletao): The word most frequently translated "to imagine" in the Old Testament, only in the King James Version and the English Revised Version, not in the American Standard Revised Version, is...
  

• HAND

  [isbe] HAND - (yadh, "hand"; kaph, "the hollow hand," "palm"; yamin, "the right hand"; semo'l, "the left hand"; cheir, "hand"; dexia, "the right hand"; aristera, "the left hand" (only Lk 23:33; 2 Cor 6:7), or euphemistically (for e...
  

• Gin

  [ebd] a trap. (1.) Ps. 140:5, 141:9, Amos 3:5, the Hebrew word used, mokesh, means a noose or "snare," as it is elsewhere rendered (Ps. 18:5; Prov. 13:14, etc.). (2.) Job 18:9, Isa. 8:14, Heb. pah, a plate or thin layer; and hence...
  

• Faith

  [nave] FAITH. 2 Sam. 22:31; Psa. 5:11; Psa. 7:1; Psa. 9:9, 10; Psa. 18:30; Psa. 32:10; Psa. 33:18, 19; Psa. 34:8, 22 vs. 1-8;; Psa. 2:12. Psa. 36:7; Psa. 40:4; Psa. 64:10; Psa. 78:7 vs. 5-7.; Psa. 84:5, 12; Psa. 112:5, 7, 8; Psa. ...
  

• FURTHER; FURTHERANCE

  [isbe] FURTHER; FURTHERANCE - fur'-ther, fur'-therans (yacaph; eti, prokope); Further, adverb and adjective, is comparative of "forth," meaning "to a greater distance," "something more," "moreover," etc.; the verb "to further," mea...
  

• FACE

  [isbe] FACE - fas: In Hebrew the translation of three expressions: (1) panim (2) `ayin, literally, "eye" and (3) 'aph, literally, "nose," "nostril," already noted under the word COUNTENANCE, which see. The first and second of these...
  

• EVIL-SPEAKING

  [isbe] EVIL-SPEAKING - e-v'-l-spek'-ing: Occurs twice in English Versions: (1) 1 Pet 2:1 it is the translation of katalalia, "a speaking against," rendered "backbiting" in 2 Cor 12:20; compare katalalos, "backbiter" (Rom 1:30); the...
  

• David

  [nave] DAVID 1. King of Israel. Genealogy of, Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Sam. 16:11; 17:12; 1 Chr. 2:3-15; Matt. 1:1-6; Luke 3:31-38. A shepherd, 1 Sam. 16:11. Kills a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34-36. Anointed king, while a youth, by the ...
  

• CRIME; CRIMES

  [isbe] CRIME; CRIMES - krim, krimz: This. term is used in English as the equivalent of the Hebrew mishpaT, "judgment," "verdict" (Ezek 7:23); zimmah, "a heinous crime" (Job 31:11); 'asham = "a fault," "sin" (Gen 26:10, English Vers...
  

• CORD

  [isbe] CORD - kord (chebhet, yether, methar, `abhoth; schoinion): (1) The Arabic chab'l corresponds to the Hebrew chebhel and is still the common name for cord or rope throughout the East. Such ropes or cords are made of goat's or ...
  

• COAL

  [smith] The first and most frequent use of the word rendered coal is a live ember, burning fuel. (Proverbs 26:21) In (2 Samuel 22:9,13) "coals of fire" are put metaphorically for the lightnings proceeding from God. (Psalms 18:8,12...
  

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• Psalms 140: Rescue Me from Evil Men!

  

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