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Psalm 140

Psa. 140:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Keep
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
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 hands
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
of the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
; 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 violent
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)
; who have purposed
chashab (Hebrew #2803)
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
KJV usage: (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
Pronounce: khaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
to overthrow
dachah (Hebrew #1760)
a primitive root; to push down
KJV usage: chase, drive away (on), overthrow, outcast, X sore, thrust, totter.
Pronounce: daw-khaw'
Origin: or dachach {Jer. 23:12) {daw-khakh'}
my goings
pa`am (Hebrew #6471)
amah {pah-am-aw'}; from 6470; a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
KJV usage: anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-)fold, X now, (this) + once, order, rank, step, + thrice, ((often-)), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.
Pronounce: pah'-am
Origin: or (feminine) pa
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Keep me.
Psa. 17:8‑9• 8Keep me as the apple of the eye;{HR}Under the shadow of thy wings thou wilt hide me,
 9From the face of the wicked who have oppressed me:{HR}Mine enemies in soul will surround me. (Psa. 17:8‑9)
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Psa. 36:11• 11The foot of pride shall not come to me,{HR}And let not the hand of the wicked move me. (Psa. 36:11)
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Psa. 37:32,33‑40• 32The wicked [man] lieth in wait for the righteous [one]{HR}And seeketh to kill him.
 33Jehovah will not leave him in his hand,{HR}And will not condemn him when he is judged.
 34Wait for Jehovah and keep his ways,{HR}And he will exalt thee to inherit the land;{HR}When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see [it].
 35I have seen the wicked [man] strong{HR}And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
 36And he passeth away and behold he is not;{HR}And I seek him, and he is not found.
 37Mark the perfect [man]{HR}And behold the upright [man],{HR}For the end to [that] man [is] peace.
 38But those who transgress are destroyed together;{HR}The end of the wicked hath been cut off.
 39And the salvation of the righteous [is] from Jehovah,{HR}[He is] their refuge in the time of trouble.
 40And Jehovah helpeth them and delivereth them;{HR}He will deliver them and save them{HR}Because they have trusted in him. (Psa. 37:32,33‑40)
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Psa. 55:1‑3• 1To the chief musician, on Neginoth : an instruction of David.{HR}Give ear to my prayer, O God,{HR}And hide not thyself from my supplication.
 2Attend unto me and answer me.{HR}I am restless in my plaint and moan,{HR}Because of the voice of the enemy,
 3Because of the oppression of the wicked;{HR}For they cast iniquity upon me,{HR}And in anger they persecute me. (Psa. 55:1‑3)
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Psa. 71:4• 4O my God, deliver me from the hand of the wicked,{HR}From the palm of the unrighteous and cruel [man]. (Psa. 71:4)
preserve.
Psa. 140:1• 1To the chief musician: a psalm of David.{HR}Deliver me, Jehovah, from the evil man;{HR}From the violent man thou wilt preserve me, (Psa. 140:1)
overthrow.
Psa. 17:5• 5To hold fast my feet in thy paths;{HR}My footsteps were not moved. (Psa. 17:5)
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Prov. 18:5• 5To accept the person of the wicked is not good, —{HR}To wrong the righteous in judgment. (Prov. 18:5)
• (vv. 4-5) Again the psalmist looks to the Lord for deliverance and preservation from those whose set purpose is to overthrow the godly, and, by hidden snares, to turn them from the right way. (“Psalm 140” by H. Smith)
• The remnant of Israel (the twelve tribes) call upon the Lord for their preservation from the “evil and violent man” who is the Assyrian in his final form in (Gog-Russia). The attempt of the enemy at this time is to “overthrow” newly established Israel (Ezk. 38:8-13). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked man, preserve me from the violent man, who devise to overthrow my steps.

W. Kelly Translation

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Keep me, Jehovah, from the wicked one’s hands;{HR}From the violent man thou wilt preserve me,{HR}Who devised to overthrow my steps.