Psalms 140:4

140:4 O Lord, shelter me from the power ¹  of the wicked!

Protect me from violent men,

who plan to knock me over. ² 

Psalms 140:11

140:11 A slanderer ³  will not endure on ⁴  the earth;

calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down. ⁵ 

[140:4]  ¹ tn Heb “hands.”

[140:4]  ² tn Heb “to push down my steps.”

[140:11]  ³ tn Heb “a man of a tongue.”

[140:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “be established in.”

[140:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “for blows.” The Hebrew noun מַדְחֵפֹה (madkhefoh, “blow”) occurs only here in the OT.