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Psalm 140

Sal. 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.
Sal. 17:8‑9• 8Guárdame como lo negro de la niñeta del ojo, Escóndeme con la sombra de tus alas,
 9De delante de los malos que me oprimen, De mis enemigos que me cercan por la vida. (Sal. 17:8‑9)
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Sal. 36:11• 11No venga contra mí pie de soberbia; Y mano de impíos no me mueva. (Sal. 36:11)
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Sal. 37:32,33‑40• 32Acecha el impío al justo, Y procura matarlo.
 33Jehová no lo dejará en sus manos, Ni lo condenará cuando le juzgaren.
 34Espera en Jehová, y guarda su camino, Y él te ensalzará para heredar la tierra: Cuando serán talados los pecadores, lo verás.
 35Vi yo al impío sumamente ensalzado, Y que se extendía como un laurel verde.
 36Empero pasóse, y he aquí no parece; Y busquélo, y no fué hallado.
 37Considera al íntegro, y mira al justo: Que la postrimería de cada uno de ellos es paz.
 38Mas los transgresores fueron todos á una destruídos: La postrimería de los impíos fué talada.
 39Pero la salvación de los justos es de Jehová, Y él es su fortaleza en el tiempo de angustia.
 40Y Jehová los ayudará, Y los librará: y libertarálos de los impíos, y los salvará, Por cuanto en él esperaron. (Sal. 37:32,33‑40)
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Sal. 55:1‑3• 1Al Músico principal: en Neginoth: Masquil de David. Escucha, oh Dios, mi oración, Y no te escondas de mi súplica.
 2Estáme atento, y respóndeme: Clamo en mi oración, y levanto el grito,
 3A causa de la voz del enemigo, Por la opresión del impío; Porque echaron sobre mí iniquidad, Y con furor me han amenazado. (Sal. 55:1‑3)
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Sal. 71:4• 4Dios mío, líbrame de la mano del impío, De la mano del perverso y violento. (Sal. 71:4)
preserve.
Sal. 140:1• 1Al Músico principal: Salmo de David. Líbrame, oh Jehová, de hombre malo: Guárdame de hombre violento; (Sal. 140:1)
overthrow.
Sal. 17:5• 5Sustenta mis pasos en tus caminos, Porque mis pies no resbalen. (Sal. 17:5)
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Pr. 18:5• 5Tener respeto á la persona del impío, Para hacer caer al justo de su derecho, no es bueno. (Pr. 18:5)
• 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)
• (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. (“Psalms 140” by H. Smith)

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.