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Psalm 140

Psa. 140:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<To the chief Musician
natsach (Hebrew #5329)
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); also (as denominative from 5331), to be permanent
KJV usage: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
Pronounce: naw-tsakh'
Origin: a primitive root
, A Psalm
mizmowr (Hebrew #4210)
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
KJV usage: psalm.
Pronounce: miz-more'
Origin: from 2167
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
.>> Deliver
chalats (Hebrew #2502)
to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
KJV usage: arm (self), (go, ready) armed (X man, soldier), deliver, draw out, make fat, loose, (ready) prepared, put off, take away, withdraw self.
Pronounce: khaw-lats'
Origin: a primitive root
me, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, from the evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
: preserve
natsar (Hebrew #5341)
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
KJV usage: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
Pronounce: naw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
me from the βviolent
chamac (Hebrew #2555)
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
KJV usage: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, X oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Pronounce: khaw-mawce'
Origin: from 2554
man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
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man of violences.

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-7:  David prays to be delivered from Saul and Doeg.
8-11:  He prays against them.
12-13:  He comforts himself by confidence in God.
A.M. 2942.
B.C. 1062.
Deliver.
Psa. 43:1• 1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. (Psa. 43:1)
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Psa. 59:1‑3• 1<<To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.>> Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
 2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
 3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord. (Psa. 59:1‑3)
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Psa. 71:4• 4Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. (Psa. 71:4)
violent man.
Heb. man of violences.
Psa. 140:4,11• 4Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
 11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. (Psa. 140:4,11)
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Psa. 18:48• 48He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. (Psa. 18:48)
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Psa. 18•  (Psa. 18)
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Hab. 1:2‑3• 2O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
 3Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. (Hab. 1:2‑3)
• Book 5, Series 4. Gog attacks Israel. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• Psa. 140. I have only for our present purpose to note that it teaches, in the relentless and crafty malice of the wicked, to cast oneself wholly over on the Lord. The saint cannot rival the world in craft and plotting but there is One above all who knows the end from the beginning—to Him we have to look. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 139-143” by J.N. Darby)
• (vv. 1-3) The psalmist appeals to the Lord for deliverance from evil men who are marked by violence, work corruptly, plot together against the godly, and prove themselves to be the instruments of Satan by speaking lies in hypocrisy. (“Psalms 140” by H. Smith)
• Having been brought into the land of their inheritance and settled there, the tribes of Israel will be brought low through the distress of armies gathering together for war. We know from prophecy that these armies who come up after the tribes of Israel have returned to their homeland are those under Gog (Russia). See Ezk. 36-39. Psalm 140-144 describe the distress the newly gathered tribes of Israel will feel as they learn of the movements of the Russian hordes and the many nations that will be confederate with them. (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent mank:

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "man (Ish) of violences," and so ver. 4.