Psalms 140:4
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 71:4 : 4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
- Prov 18:5 : 5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
- Ps 17:8-9 : 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
- Ps 36:11 : 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
- Ps 37:32-40 : 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. 33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. 34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. 40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
- Ps 55:1-3 : 1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A alm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. 2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
- Ps 17:5 : 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footste slip not.
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1 To the chief Musician, A alm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
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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.
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